Best Organization Inventions For Businesses

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Best Organization Inventions For Businesses In the business environment, organization is always an issue. Having papers and important documents scattered all over the place can result in problems. Inventi ons that aid in business organization are in demand. Here are some of the most s uccessful organizational inventions that have impacted the business world. Filing Cabinets The filing cabinet was invented by Edwin G. Seibels in 1898, and was a revolutio nary invention of its time. It provided a way to file papers and make them easil y accessible. Before the invention of the filing cabinet, records and important documents were stored in envelopes, and then placed into pigeon holes that usual ly lined an office wall. This method of storage was very haphazard at best, and important papers were often lost or misplaced. In addition, due to papers being stored inside of envelopes, they had to be folded when stored. This step was unn ecessary and very time consuming. Thanks to Edwin G. Seibels, businesses today no longer fold important documents, but simply place them inside a file to be stored for future use. Although the f iling cabinet is a very old invention, almost every business in America currentl y uses at least one. Today, many improvements have been made to the old school f iling cabinet, yet the heart of the invention remains intact. The Personal Organizer In this fast paced society, many people organize their appointments via smart ph ones. However, there are a few business professionals that still use personal or ganizers. Personal organizers are a small binder that can be closed using a snap or a zipper. They have places for business cards as well as a place to take not es and store pens. However, the most important aspect of the personal organizer is the calendar. Many business professionals still rely on this method to make a nd keep appointments. The personal organizer is a revolutionary invention that a llowed people to transport their work schedules and appointments to meetings. Th is invention reached the height of its popularity in the 1980's. Label Machines The patent records for label machines go back as far as the 1920's. The modern d ay label machine is a variation of the old manual label machine. Today, automati c label machines are the most common type used. In offices, these machines are v ery valuable and aid in labeling files or identifying ownership of supplies. For example, an automatic label machine can be used to label files and show what in formation is being stored within. Another example of use is to label someone's p ersonal supplies, so that others in the office know that particular item belongs to a certain employee. Paper Shredder Paper overload is a problem that many offices contend with on a daily basis. Som etimes, documents do not need to be kept, yet they also do not need to be thrown away, and risk information being stolen. However, to simply store all such pape rs can result in an organizational nightmare. The paper shredder, which the earl iest patent is documented as being from 1909, is the solution to the paper probl em. Although when first invented, the paper shredder was hand cranked, today the y are electric. Modern paper shredders can shred as many as 100 sheets of paper at once. This give offices the luxury of destroying papers that they no longer n eed, yet do not want to risk throwing away. This cuts down the number of papers that need to be filed, and leads to a more organized office as a result. Business organization is ever evolving. There are always going to be new ways of doing things that improve on the way they were done before. These are a few of the most important business organizational inventions of all time.

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