More about those Catalogs!

by Don Sanders

As promised, here is the rest of the solution to the ever-expanding catalog collection. While keeping your favorite five supplier files per product category stocked with fresh material, continue to let the back-up bulk file continue to grow larger. At the end of the year, carefully look through the bulk file and pick out a couple of suppliers you really like. Make an individual file for each of them and "recycle" (throw or give away) the rest. Start the new year with seven individual supplier files, adding new catalogs to the bulk file as they come in. Repeat this organizational process again at the end of the next year. Considering the variety of industry search engines also available for your use, there is no reason to keep everything you receive.

Moral of the story:

Keep paper storage to the bare minimum.