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Hello, I’m Yasui, president of a company that mainly conducts inspections of high-pressure gas facilities.
I’m happy to see that yesterday’s article about air-conditioned workwear (Air-Conditioned Clothing®) has been getting more views.
This blog started out with articles that nobody read, but I’ve been able to keep going simply because I enjoy writing it.
Since I don’t keep a diary, writing blog posts is one of the few ways I regularly put my thoughts into words.
I hope to continue this blog slowly but steadily over the long term, so thank you for your continued support.
Today, I was gathering parts and bolts needed for an upcoming inspection job.
My storage area is overflowing with items, and since it hasn’t been properly organized, I had to search everywhere to find what I needed. It takes a surprising amount of time.
Even just walking around is tiring because the floor is cluttered. You can’t go straight to where you want—you have to step around things and avoid obstacles. Small things like that quietly build up fatigue.
Keeping things organized.
Not keeping unnecessary items—or better yet, not buying them in the first place.
I think organization and cleanliness are the basic prerequisites for smooth work.
When things are organized, the benefits are clear:
It’s easy to know where things are.
You don’t accidentally buy something you already own.
You don’t waste time searching, which greatly improves efficiency.
There are also advantages to having fewer items and less inventory:
Less time spent managing stock.
Smaller storage space is sufficient.
Money isn’t tied up in unused inventory.
In short, there are almost only benefits, so it’s something that should be maintained on a daily basis.
When a space is overflowing with things and trash, the room feels darker. It looks shabby and messy, and it almost feels like it pollutes your mind as well. I really dislike that feeling.
I was picking out the right bolt sizes from a pile where all the different sizes had been mixed together.
Even though I was technically working, it felt more like playing a card game of concentration—turning things over one by one and trying to find the matching size.
If I had simply put everything away properly when returning from job sites each day, it probably wouldn’t have become this difficult.
But when you postpone something, it ends up taking even more time later than it would have taken to do it immediately.
I have to stop wasting my life’s time like that.
Since these items already exist in inventory, the only solution is to use them and gradually reduce the stock.
When they are used in jobs, they disappear from the shelves.
So the real answer is to take on more work and steadily reduce the inventory through actual projects.
Every day I feel like I’m being reminded of the basics of business—and being given opportunities to practice those lessons in real life.
It seems this stage of “melting away time” may continue for a while longer.
But I’ll keep working at it.
Thank you very much for reading to the end!
See you next time!
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