This week we are starting a new inventory control system at work. Management has decided that we need to put Custom Labels imprinted with the company name and a unique identifying number on everything that the company owns.

The lady from Purchasing came around and handed out a printed list of company equipment and furniture that is in each office or work station and gave the list with a Custom Label for each item to the supervisors. I think it is going to take a few days to hunt down all the equipment on the list – it even includes the laptops that were issued to the supervisors and sales people, and some of them don’t even come into the office but once a week.

At least in my department i don’t have to worry about counting merchandise on shelves or a stock room. I used to have to help my dad take inventory on his plumbing truck of all the parts he used to repair and maintain his customer’s plumbing and heating equipment. It would take the two of us an entire day to unload the service truck, sort it out, count it, and then put it all back on the truck.

Man, that was a lot of work and I hated doing that every year. But i didn’t mind helping my dad – he didn’t ask us kids for much and this was one thing we could do together and I know he appreciated me being there to help.