Make it someone’s job.
If keeping the company supply closet tidy is everyone’s responsibility, no one will do it, warns Janet Bernstein, founder of The Organizing Professionals.
Measure it.
You need to know exactly how much space your closet has. “If you have a small closet with room for two cases of paper, you shouldn’t order six,” says Susie Hayman, founder of In Your Business, a professional organizing and productivity service, and president of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals.