Remember that your locations aren't restricted by where an outlet sits. Extension cords are cheap. That crack doesn't matter. Get a horse stall mat or two and it'll cover everything and double as soft flooring.
Mel, yesterday an older video of yours from 2 years ago popped up and I watched. You were still in the shed and had room to spare. You had a viewer write and ask what your plan was when you out grew the shed. Your reply was that you didn’t ever see yourself outgrowing the shed. That you had about 3000 listings and that was plenty and you could do that much easily in that space and that you didn’t think you could handle doing more listing than that. I had to laugh. Look at you now!!! Funny how life takes us places we never imagined! Look at the people fate has brought into your life that helped you get where you are today. You are a true success story and an inspiration and I’m loving watching it all unfold!!!❤
Crazy hey! I still go up and down with thoughts on how much I want to grow the store. I have the potential to grow it big but I don’t actually feel that’s what I want. Im trying to work out why I don’t feel that’s what I want and making sure it’s not fear based.
I think you could get a thick mat to stand on so you could cover the gap and it would help fatigue. I like where you are putting the photo bench and the packing bench. Tom’s advice on how to work smarter, makes lots of sense. It’s hard to change a process, but if the new way ends up saving you time and energy, you won’t want to go back to the old way! You are doing an amazing job!
Mel you are amazing. I have to say I do agree with Thom in that your workflow should kind of go around in a circle. Books coming in, sorted, photographed, shelved, picked, packed and out the door. It will just make it so much easier for you in the long run. That being said it has to make sense to your brain and habits too. I know you will nail it and fine tune it as you go. LOVE watching all of the progress that you make each day!
You should have the rows long ways so they open up to your packing station. You're going to get super annoyed walking around shelves to get to other rows.
Hi Mel! I love your videos. You should get Anti-Fatigue Standing Mats for your separate station areas. This will help you while standing on concrete for long periods of time.
Perhaps you could do with getting a 3 tier industrial tray trolley in the warehouse once you're all setup, in addition to the two collapsible ones you have now. It would make it easier to move around large stacks of books as and when required. Just a thought !
Door sure looks heavy! Keep it up. you are smashing it. Tom has some good advice. But it might not work for you. Everyone works different. You can always change, its your business :)
Nice to see things coming together Mel. Once the lighting is done it will be full speed ahead. Nice to see you smiling again. Dont overdo it. Love and hugs from chIlly Spain xxx
great video, one thing to consider when setting up is the big door and the weather. Do you have wind and rain through the year, items near the door might need protecting somehow
I have been following you since you came to my home state of Florida. I admire your hard work and dedication. You are an inspiration for me as a new seller. Keep up the good work. FloridaFinds& Flips-Terry
Perhaps a plywood base with a 2 inch lip front and back and casters on the bottom. A bit of work and investment but you will never have to unload/load shelves again
Hi Mel. Love your videos. Perhaps a sketch of the layout of the store space, with the shelving and benches, would've saved some time and mental frustration. Drawing (and erasing) on some grid paper (scaled) may have been a little easier than moving those items on the ground. Great job. Love your energy...even when it was tough. Warm hugs from the Bahamas!
Hi Mel, When I see what you have already done, you can be proud of yourself. Although it is also important that you think about your physical and mental health. After all, there is only 1 Mel! You may now be overloaded with tips and ideas, but I would still like to tell you that you should not make the main path to your office too narrow. Certainly not if there are also tables along the wall. Thom indicated to attach 2 more shelving units to your current shelving unit, but I think that will be too narrow for you and you will regret it. I think that the way you laid out your plates yesterday or the day before (so 1 double rack and then a head rack) is much better to walk through. In any case, good luck in the coming days and for what it's worth, I'm proud of you.
Has your business plan changed inline with this expansion? I'd be really interested in a video on strategic plan. You have such a high work ethic that combined with larger space, you have the ability to literally print money. Your star shines bright, and that shows in your work.
Tom's suggestions make sense but make sure it works if it's only you. Mel this is all amazing I hope one day to be there too. Things will be great ❤❤❤ And also the packing station can move pla c es because you leaving space for deliveries so it flexible a bit. Don't stress
Looking good. I was screaming at the phone for you to move that shipping area around to the wall and then you did!😂😂 Too bad about that crack, maybe cement filler and large double mat for the feet. Maybe I missed it but why don't you wait on moving the rest of the books until after the lighting is done, that way you don't have to move them around so many times? 💜💜
Before you do anything else, I think you should have Thom build a second floor with a nice wide staircase or elevator for when you run out of space, which will probably be one year or less from now. 😂
What was that mad sound at 19.30 😂 was that a bird? Tom's plan makes so much sense, I'm confused where you are putting the crates now lol. Will find out tomorrow 😂 so invested in your move haha
There are big trees with birds outside this warehouse LOL My microphones had broken while I moved but I’ve replaced them now and it cuts out a lot of the background noise now.
Can I suggest getting rubber mats from Bunnings for where you stand, it might fix the uneven concrete but will be much better for your feet to stand on than the concrete 😊
I know you have this all worked out by now as these are older videos. I would have pulled the packing station out from the wall and used the space behind it for storing the extra boxes of shipping mailers. They are after all going to have to be stored someplace and what better place than where they will be used. There are battery operated postal scales as well as usb ones that you can use a small portable hand held charger power bank with since you wouldn’t need to use it that often. Can’t wait for the end result!
Mel they make Furniture sliders 32” long Amazon perhaps you could convert some of your shelves to having rollers underneath so you can always rearrange your shelves in the future.
There’s no space to get anything under them and if you put the pressure required to move it the shelves would end up pipping out as they’re only held into place with downward pressure.
First and most importantly, I love your channel and your content! You are so motivating and inspirational! I have two burning questions that has been bugging me since the first video. Why don't you either put wheels on the shelves to make them easier to move around. And also, why not cover the existing shelves with sarran wrap or paper and move the shelves with a forklift. I'm sure it's too late now as the move is probably complete. But I was hoping you'd find an easier faster way than moving each book one at a time. Sending you hugs from Michigan, USA!
The shelves don’t have space at the bottom to get the forklift underneath them to lift them so that’s not an option sadly. Wheels or dollys would be good would all have to be custom built to do it.
I have the same shelves and even if you were able to get a forklift under you’d just end up pulling all the shelves off. They’re only attached with downward pressure, if you lift the shelves from the bottom they all pop out of the frame. There’s also not really any way to attach wheels.
Are you going to do any more book fairs? I love those videos and I also enjoy when u do the shipping videos and show the books people are buying with the price although I have to have my currency calculator out to see how it is in United State dollars. BTW Love your shirt. I don't live that far from North Carolina.
I don’t normally travel in December for bookfairs because it’s such a busy time of year for me. But I do have a big one coming up in February and possibly if I can find a smaller one in January I would go. The bookfairs tend to me more Feb-October for me
Mel just wondering if you have a deadline to be moved out of your old unit and is someone taking it over or is Thom going to be using it? Great to have a better system re workflow. Presumably if you pick order by SKU the labels will also be printed in the same order. It’s looking good so far x
Thom’s taking it back over but there was some urgency as he needed to put some pallets in it that he took out of the new one and he had an incoming delivery of boxes coming in on pallets that he needed space to store them. There was so much juggling of inventory to get me into the new warehouse.
Can you get a rubber pad to go over the cracks in the cement and give your feet extra support while standing? Or, is there another way to level the floor off so you won't trip?
Love your videos. I know it’s to late but what if you put shelves the other way? You can zig zag from one aisle to the next? Like you had it in your other warehouse? Anyways can’t wait to see it when you are done. 😊
Been enjoying your videos Mel. What a huge job! Thinking...why don't you have your packing stations on the other wall like you did at the other shed and near the PowerPoints? Your handling process will then feel the same. ❤
You keep talking about the lights. CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR for a few seconds, pretend it’s raining, now check to see how much light you need. Maybe a drop ceiling led light bars might be better then those high lights you are trying to work around. Just trying to help here.
ok, unless you put the order is by SKU - then you can do what Thom says but if you generate them by the order list - I'm afraid the old way still the way.
Tom just did for you what my husbands does for me, helps you to step back & see a different perspective. I love it when my husband tells me how he sees things & ways to improve something. Keep going girl, you got this!!
It’s really good to get different perspectives as other people can see what we can’t. I often take advice from people who comment on my videos who spot things in my systems and the way I do things that I haven’t noticed before. I
What is the point of the office, and your comments the other day of working in there and being able to stay warm if all your work space is out in the storage area out in the elements? I do everything at one desk, in on 5x5ft area. I know it sucks having the office in the back, but if you do not maximize it early on, it will just end up turning into a storage closet for supplies and or dead product...your bulk packing supplies should go up on the top of the office to get out of the way. And all the shelves should be aligned for ease of access from where you sort and then store, and where you pick and pack, so that your just walking in and out smoothly. And ensure you leave some space for pallets to be brought right in the front. That would be my recommendation. And I am currently running more product out of 20x5 area than you are. So you have so much space, I could have a billion in inventory in a year. Great work, keep up the grind, you got this!
The 1st video those shipping supply boxes were being chucked around, I yelled at my phone to put them on top of the office "roof". Get them out of such high value space!
The office is where her computer will be. That’s where she will do her listings, labels, paperwork, etc. it’s way too small for a proper photograph table and a packing station. Even if she could fit it in there comfortably why would she do that with all that space. I think her set up is perfect.
@@megansuchy2339 I've been thinking the same thing and made a comment about it in an earlier video. Those boxes are so light that they could just be thrown up onto the roof, then use a simple ladder to go up onto the roof and stack them properly. When they're needed, then go up the ladder and drop the boxes onto the ground. They're not going to get damaged. There's no need to maneuver carrying them whilst on the ladder, so it's not too dangerous.
For the uneven floor, I would maybe get a rubber/stress reducing standing mat for that area and any place you’ll be standing for a long chunk of time like the photo area. Will help with lower back, leg, and foot stress as well from experience having them in retail.
8 minutes in Mel, and my head is already exploding ! It's funny how easy it rolls off Thom's tongue ... 1 person here, 1 photographing, and you walking past ! At this rate... you'll need a BIGGER SHED Mel ! Please, please, please message me next time you move... I'll probably be near 70, but I have a tape measure and can help with the design before you start moving things. It's actually amusing watching this unfold ... "Mel's drowning in content" 🤣🤣 Love ya work Mel.
Im so glad that you are wearing steel toed shoes. When you were working out of the home work space in flip-flop shoes, that was an accident waiting to happen!!! 🎉 a celebration is just around the corner!
I don’t think he was doing that at all. I asked for his advice and opinions. Thom is a great communicator (which is something I absolutely love about him) and he thinks very logically about things while I am very squirrel brained - especially when I am mentally exhausted and physically fatigued.
Put your photo station and packing station on the wall in front of that room and all the books on the other side. You don't need the packing station in front of the door, just buy a bigger trolly to roll the books to the car
But this is two different businesses. Thom seems to have sent his staff over for bits and pieces earlier. He is a great warehouse mentor with his experience .
Yeah Thom has his own business to run and hundreds of orders being packed up daily and 8 staff to manage. He helps as much as he can when he can during weekdays and you will see in the next videos when he helped me on the weekend. :)
Remember that your locations aren't restricted by where an outlet sits. Extension cords are cheap.
That crack doesn't matter. Get a horse stall mat or two and it'll cover everything and double as soft flooring.
Mel, yesterday an older video of yours from 2 years ago popped up and I watched. You were still in the shed and had room to spare. You had a viewer write and ask what your plan was when you out grew the shed. Your reply was that you didn’t ever see yourself outgrowing the shed. That you had about 3000 listings and that was plenty and you could do that much easily in that space and that you didn’t think you could handle doing more listing than that. I had to laugh. Look at you now!!! Funny how life takes us places we never imagined! Look at the people fate has brought into your life that helped you get where you are today. You are a true success story and an inspiration and I’m loving watching it all unfold!!!❤
Crazy hey! I still go up and down with thoughts on how much I want to grow the store. I have the potential to grow it big but I don’t actually feel that’s what I want. Im trying to work out why I don’t feel that’s what I want and making sure it’s not fear based.
I thought it was that you wanted to do more with creating content. If my memory is correct. Lol.
@@backfromburnout Sometimes we put ceilings on the level of success & money that we allow ourselves to have. I hope you break through that celling 💯
Tom is the best you are so lucky to have found him. He is a fantastic mentor.
Well he is certainly an expert wharehouseman but she has a huge capacity to be told to do what she is already doing?
I think you could get a thick mat to stand on so you could cover the gap and it would help fatigue. I like where you are putting the photo bench and the packing bench. Tom’s advice on how to work smarter, makes lots of sense. It’s hard to change a process, but if the new way ends up saving you time and energy, you won’t want to go back to the old way! You are doing an amazing job!
My thoughts too. Good luck Mel
Mel you are amazing. I have to say I do agree with Thom in that your workflow should kind of go around in a circle. Books coming in, sorted, photographed, shelved, picked, packed and out the door. It will just make it so much easier for you in the long run. That being said it has to make sense to your brain and habits too. I know you will nail it and fine tune it as you go. LOVE watching all of the progress that you make each day!
Remember to do what works for your system. 😊
Yep. Been going through all the things that did and didn’t work in the old warehouse to try and make changes for this one.
You should have the rows long ways so they open up to your packing station. You're going to get super annoyed walking around shelves to get to other rows.
The goal is to pick in SKU order one row at a time.
I’ll explain more about why I ran the shelves this way in a future Q&A video about the move
Love the idea of zip ties for shelves. Going to use that idea. And “wow” Thom’s knowledge is great. Made me think about my set up.
Nearly there Mel! Keep going! Great advice from Thom!
Basically the electrician is holding you up! Once the electrician has been get someone to help you for a day or two for the final push!
Wow Thom is amazing and knowledgeable. I learnt so much in this video from him. Need to to a sit down video with him and pick his brain.
He is very knowledgeable and a great communicator.
Where was Tom when you started? Ha. But he is correct in minimizing double handling. Keep going - almost there!!
It took me three times through to finally get what a “power point” is 😂! I was thinking the computer program! I just love Aussie talk!! 🔌
Oh lol, what do you call a power point?
@@backfromburnoutAn outlet 😊
Hi Mel! I love your videos. You should get Anti-Fatigue Standing Mats for your separate station areas. This will help you while standing on concrete for long periods of time.
Yes I was going to say this too - then the floor won't matter
Perhaps you could do with getting a 3 tier industrial tray trolley in the warehouse once you're all setup, in addition to the two collapsible ones you have now. It would make it easier to move around large stacks of books as and when required. Just a thought !
Then you would have the books on a work station for packing and moving L to R.
Tom,S experience is worth gold
Saying that sometimes we do have todo our way
Door sure looks heavy! Keep it up. you are smashing it. Tom has some good advice. But it might not work for you. Everyone works different. You can always change, its your business :)
Tom’s a good guy to have on your team. 👍
Thom has great ideas. I can tell this is not his first rodeo.
So many things to think about including what changes you want or need.
Nice to see things coming together Mel. Once the lighting is done it will be full speed ahead. Nice to see you smiling again. Dont overdo it. Love and hugs from chIlly Spain xxx
In regards to the packing station crack, maybe put a small mat in the lower space that levels out the floor?
I like to have rubber mats in front of my benches. I can't stand on concrete floors all day.
You could use thick gym mats and shave off the difference in floor levels at the packing station
Hard one until u are in there actually working, you are doing a great job! Nearly there! Good on you !
Agree with Thom about the photo station..😊 more room for sorting.
The sorting area is the main thing I wanted in a bigger warehouse
great video, one thing to consider when setting up is the big door and the weather. Do you have wind and rain through the year, items near the door might need protecting somehow
Yes I’m goi g to try and keep those areas clear and will probably get some big plastic sheets to cover anything by the door as a “just in case”
Hopefully you will get super long life lights installed. After you're done moving in, it will be rough to change them again.
I think the ballasts were prob bad.
Im sure the new ones will be led or super bright anyway
I have been following you since you came to my home state of Florida. I admire your hard work and dedication. You are an inspiration for me as a new seller. Keep up the good work. FloridaFinds& Flips-Terry
Hi Terry! Thank you so much! I just loved Florida and hope to come back. I want to swim in that warm beach again!
He knows what he's talking about! You're doing a great job Mel! Keep at it! You got this! 💪💜
Too bad your shelving doesn’t have locking wheels so you could easily rearrange /move them if need be with the books still on them. Keep going!! 👍
I thought of that as well!
I use the same shelves. There’s no way to attach wheels or sliders.. They are fairly sturdy though and a great price. 😊
Perhaps a plywood base with a 2 inch lip front and back and casters on the bottom. A bit of work and investment but you will never have to unload/load shelves again
22:00 Get one of those rubber standing mats
Can’t wait to see all the books in your office
I'm so excited to see your new set up. I wish the best for you and your family.
Hi Mel. Love your videos. Perhaps a sketch of the layout of the store space, with the shelving and benches, would've saved some time and mental frustration. Drawing (and erasing) on some grid paper (scaled) may have been a little easier than moving those items on the ground. Great job. Love your energy...even when it was tough.
Warm hugs from the Bahamas!
Yes. I had that sketch inside my head lol.
I would get a rubber mat in front of the packing station. With that, you should be able to protect your feet and back.
Yes I do always use a rubber mat but it was quite an uneven crack
Hi Mel, When I see what you have already done, you can be proud of yourself. Although it is also important that you think about your physical and mental health. After all, there is only 1 Mel! You may now be overloaded with tips and ideas, but I would still like to tell you that you should not make the main path to your office too narrow. Certainly not if there are also tables along the wall. Thom indicated to attach 2 more shelving units to your current shelving unit, but I think that will be too narrow for you and you will regret it. I think that the way you laid out your plates yesterday or the day before (so 1 double rack and then a head rack) is much better to walk through. In any case, good luck in the coming days and for what it's worth, I'm proud of you.
I think this would be the best idea too, and to utilize the head racks for books that move fast or other books that are good to have right at hand.
Has your business plan changed inline with this expansion? I'd be really interested in a video on strategic plan. You have such a high work ethic that combined with larger space, you have the ability to literally print money. Your star shines bright, and that shows in your work.
Tom's suggestions make sense but make sure it works if it's only you. Mel this is all amazing I hope one day to be there too. Things will be great ❤❤❤
And also the packing station can move pla c es because you leaving space for deliveries so it flexible a bit. Don't stress
The two tall shelves behind your bench you are wasting four shelves of space. Keep those open and rotate the packing bench so you are facing the door…
Proud of you! You’re doing it! 😃👍🏼
Looking good. I was screaming at the phone for you to move that shipping area around to the wall and then you did!😂😂 Too bad about that crack, maybe cement filler and large double mat for the feet. Maybe I missed it but why don't you wait on moving the rest of the books until after the lighting is done, that way you don't have to move them around so many times? 💜💜
😀Thanks!
Oh thank you so much! That’s very kind of you. Thank you for watching me! I appreciate you x
Before you do anything else, I think you should have Thom build a second floor with a nice wide staircase or elevator for when you run out of space, which will probably be one year or less from now. 😂
I never want to run out of space again lol
What was that mad sound at 19.30 😂 was that a bird?
Tom's plan makes so much sense, I'm confused where you are putting the crates now lol. Will find out tomorrow 😂 so invested in your move haha
A magpie
There are big trees with birds outside this warehouse LOL
My microphones had broken while I moved but I’ve replaced them now and it cuts out a lot of the background noise now.
Can I suggest getting rubber mats from Bunnings for where you stand, it might fix the uneven concrete but will be much better for your feet to stand on than the concrete 😊
Where is the bar set-up going? The Jacuzzi? Priorities, Mel, priorities.
Remember how grumpy thom always was, now he has a gf 😂
It’s looking good Mel 👍😊
I know you have this all worked out by now as these are older videos. I would have pulled the packing station out from the wall and used the space behind it for storing the extra boxes of shipping mailers. They are after all going to have to be stored someplace and what better place than where they will be used. There are battery operated postal scales as well as usb ones that you can use a small portable hand held charger power bank with since you wouldn’t need to use it that often. Can’t wait for the end result!
Mel they make Furniture sliders 32” long Amazon perhaps you could convert some of your shelves to having rollers underneath so you can always rearrange your shelves in the future.
There’s no space to get anything under them and if you put the pressure required to move it the shelves would end up pipping out as they’re only held into place with downward pressure.
First and most importantly, I love your channel and your content! You are so motivating and inspirational!
I have two burning questions that has been bugging me since the first video. Why don't you either put wheels on the shelves to make them easier to move around. And also, why not cover the existing shelves with sarran wrap or paper and move the shelves with a forklift. I'm sure it's too late now as the move is probably complete. But I was hoping you'd find an easier faster way than moving each book one at a time. Sending you hugs from Michigan, USA!
The shelves don’t have space at the bottom to get the forklift underneath them to lift them so that’s not an option sadly.
Wheels or dollys would be good would all have to be custom built to do it.
I have the same shelves and even if you were able to get a forklift under you’d just end up pulling all the shelves off. They’re only attached with downward pressure, if you lift the shelves from the bottom they all pop out of the frame. There’s also not really any way to attach wheels.
Why are men so logical but he was right hope that pep talk gets your muddle head un muddle
You could put rubber matting down at your work bench to make the floor even and it would alsu ease the strain on your feet while working.
If you have room for another walkway then do it. Going through the middle will cut down on time.
@@outbackchick5111 my thoughts too. Not keen on these long aisles
Are you going to do any more book fairs? I love those videos and I also enjoy when u do the shipping videos and show the books people are buying with the price although I have to have my currency calculator out to see how it is in United State dollars. BTW Love your shirt. I don't live that far from North Carolina.
I don’t normally travel in December for bookfairs because it’s such a busy time of year for me. But I do have a big one coming up in February and possibly if I can find a smaller one in January I would go. The bookfairs tend to me more Feb-October for me
Mel just wondering if you have a deadline to be moved out of your old unit and is someone taking it over or is Thom going to be using it? Great to have a better system re workflow. Presumably if you pick order by SKU the labels will also be printed in the same order. It’s looking good so far x
Thom’s taking it back over but there was some urgency as he needed to put some pallets in it that he took out of the new one and he had an incoming delivery of boxes coming in on pallets that he needed space to store them. There was so much juggling of inventory to get me into the new warehouse.
You need to get a anti-fatigue Mat for under your feet and that will cover the Gap and also help your back. Trust me fellow bookseller here😊
Yes I have a mat but it’s not just a gap it’s really unlevel
Can you get a rubber pad to go over the cracks in the cement and give your feet extra support while standing? Or, is there another way to level the floor off so you won't trip?
Love your videos. I know it’s to late but what if you put shelves the other way? You can zig zag from one aisle to the next? Like you had it in your other warehouse? Anyways can’t wait to see it when you are done. 😊
Think like a library 📚
Been enjoying your videos Mel. What a huge job! Thinking...why don't you have your packing stations on the other wall like you did at the other shed and near the PowerPoints? Your handling process will then feel the same. ❤
Use Masking tape to tape off the area that you need to keep clear! Just a thought!
Great work and lots of it.enjoy your bath❤
Good job.
Thanks!
I agree with Tom
Pack the side of the crack under your fatigue mat to make it level
Why don’t you look at putting the boxes of extra packing on top of office and get them off the floor
Or even put them in the walk in cupboard behind the office.
👍😁you did an awesome job
Thank you 😁
You keep talking about the lights. CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR for a few seconds, pretend it’s raining, now check to see how much light you need. Maybe a drop ceiling led light bars might be better then those high lights you are trying to work around. Just trying to help here.
Tom like how you think “Da man”
I would have put the packaging station how it was like in the old warehouse
ok, unless you put the order is by SKU - then you can do what Thom says but if you generate them by the order list - I'm afraid the old way still the way.
Extension cords!!!!
Maybe you can get a mat for the floor
Tom just did for you what my husbands does for me, helps you to step back & see a different perspective. I love it when my husband tells me how he sees things & ways to improve something. Keep going girl, you got this!!
It’s really good to get different perspectives as other people can see what we can’t. I often take advice from people who comment on my videos who spot things in my systems and the way I do things that I haven’t noticed before. I
North Carolina
Maybe you could add mezzanine floor in the future
Tom and I think alike and communicate in the same way - does he have the same problem I do, no one likes me!
Boyfriend/Consultant/Forklifter
What a keeper! 😀
can you send Tom over to sort my life & work out now please!
Lol
What is the point of the office, and your comments the other day of working in there and being able to stay warm if all your work space is out in the storage area out in the elements? I do everything at one desk, in on 5x5ft area. I know it sucks having the office in the back, but if you do not maximize it early on, it will just end up turning into a storage closet for supplies and or dead product...your bulk packing supplies should go up on the top of the office to get out of the way. And all the shelves should be aligned for ease of access from where you sort and then store, and where you pick and pack, so that your just walking in and out smoothly. And ensure you leave some space for pallets to be brought right in the front. That would be my recommendation. And I am currently running more product out of 20x5 area than you are. So you have so much space, I could have a billion in inventory in a year. Great work, keep up the grind, you got this!
The 1st video those shipping supply boxes were being chucked around, I yelled at my phone to put them on top of the office "roof". Get them out of such high value space!
Hello, any chance you have a plan on how you arrange your 20x5 area ?
I think the point of having a warm space is so she will have a place to get warm lol.
The office is where her computer will be. That’s where she will do her listings, labels, paperwork, etc. it’s way too small for a proper photograph table and a packing station. Even if she could fit it in there comfortably why would she do that with all that space. I think her set up is perfect.
@@megansuchy2339 I've been thinking the same thing and made a comment about it in an earlier video. Those boxes are so light that they could just be thrown up onto the roof, then use a simple ladder to go up onto the roof and stack them properly. When they're needed, then go up the ladder and drop the boxes onto the ground. They're not going to get damaged. There's no need to maneuver carrying them whilst on the ladder, so it's not too dangerous.
Hi Mel eric
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Why aren’t you gonna work in the office so you can stay warm or cool?
For the uneven floor, I would maybe get a rubber/stress reducing standing mat for that area and any place you’ll be standing for a long chunk of time like the photo area. Will help with lower back, leg, and foot stress as well from experience having them in retail.
8 minutes in Mel, and my head is already exploding ! It's funny how easy it rolls off Thom's tongue ... 1 person here, 1 photographing, and you walking past ! At this rate... you'll need a BIGGER SHED Mel ! Please, please, please message me next time you move... I'll probably be near 70, but I have a tape measure and can help with the design before you start moving things. It's actually amusing watching this unfold ... "Mel's drowning in content" 🤣🤣 Love ya work Mel.
Im so glad that you are wearing steel toed shoes. When you were working out of the home work space in flip-flop shoes, that was an accident waiting to happen!!!
🎉 a celebration is just around the corner!
Tom "man-splaining" your setup 🤣🤣
😂 yep...as if Mel doesn't already know 🎉
Shit stirrer
I don’t think he was doing that at all. I asked for his advice and opinions. Thom is a great communicator (which is something I absolutely love about him) and he thinks very logically about things while I am very squirrel brained - especially when I am mentally exhausted and physically fatigued.
Put your photo station and packing station on the wall in front of that room and all the books on the other side. You don't need the packing station in front of the door, just buy a bigger trolly to roll the books to the car
Damnit Thom! Hire a laborer to help your girlfriend out.
But this is two different businesses. Thom seems to have sent his staff over for bits and pieces earlier. He is a great warehouse mentor with his experience .
Yeah Thom has his own business to run and hundreds of orders being packed up daily and 8 staff to manage. He helps as much as he can when he can during weekdays and you will see in the next videos when he helped me on the weekend. :)
The top of your little office is so perfect for all the Aus Post boxes. So jealous, mine currently dominate half my living room 😂