Whether you’re utilizing storage containers for your side hustle or your full-time career, it’s important to make these portable office containers as productive as possible. Wasting time and struggling to focus when it comes to the workplace can result in some major financial and personal repercussions.
Here are some great tips for better utilizing storage containers throughout the workday and being more productive within:
Develop a productive morning routine
Prior to arriving at your shipping container office, you should have a great start to your morning. Get out of bed as the sun rises each morning, pour yourself some coffee, eat a healthy breakfast, and then head to work. Once you’re at your office, you need to have productive routines as well. Check your email, write in your journal, then get to work.
Get the larger tasks done first
Finishing your most daunting tasks early can help you feel much more productive throughout the day. You’ll feel ready to easily accomplish all the smaller tasks for the rest of the day. If you put off those larger and important tasks, you’ll struggle to get everything done throughout the day.
Get rid of all your unnecessary distractions
It is impossible to remain productive throughout the day, or even for an hour or two, if there are distractions nearby. Studies of IT and accounting workers by researchers at the University of California at Irvine found that employees switched their focus from one project to another every 10.5 minutes on average. Additionally, the studies found that the employees were interrupted during more than half of their 10.5-minute project segments. Your desk inside your office container should be free of any and all distractions, and that includes your cell phone!
Leave a hobby or activity on the other side of the container
Taking periodic breaks is actually an essential aspect of maintaining productivity. You can’t just work eight-hours straight and not expect to get burnt-out. Take a five or 10-minute break each hour and do something you enjoy to replenish your energy a little bit.
If you want to learn more about better utilizing storage containers throughout the workweek or find high quality shipping containers for sale, give Integrated Equipment Sales a call today.
There are millions of unused shipping containers across the globe that can be purchased and transformed into individual offices that will even help workers maximize productivity. Whether it’s new or used shipping containers, they can easily be crafted into office containers that are great for focusing and getting work done.
- Portable productivity — One of the main benefits of this type of workstation is that it can easily be transformed into a portable office. If your permanent location is undergoing construction or you want a separate office from your permanent building, this is the solution for you. With portable offices, you can have that satellite office ready and get right back to working at the top of your game.
- Limited distractions — The easiest way to derail your productivity is to be distracted. Working in communal offices often involves far too many distractions. Whether it’s employee chatter, phones ringing every few minutes, or even the constant sound of typing — these minor distractions can actually lead to major problems. Containers are much more intimate and you can set them up however you like, essentially limiting all types of distractions.
- Smaller is better — The average individual workstation has shrunk over the years. In 1992, most workers got stuff done in offices that were 80 square feet. Nowadays, the average individual workstation is closer to 39 square feet. Office containers are perfect for focusing and getting work done in a small environment.
- Customizable — It’s not like you’ll be all that productive if you work in a dark, plain, and boring shipping container. You have to decorate a little bit and give yourself a comfortable place to work. If you enjoy the way your container office looks and feel comfortable, you’ll begin to focus much better and be much more productive on the job.
No matter what industry you’re working in, if you are hoping to increase your individual productivity, you might want to consider these types of offices. If you want to learn more about the benefits of shipping office containers, or find a high quality office container for sale, give Integrated Equipment Sales a call today.
Life can get quite messy sometime and that’s why proper storage is so important. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed with too many items throughout your home or have clutter in and around your office, you should consider finding some storage opportunities to make your life easier and less stressful.
Here are some terrific tips that will help you with your storage needs for both your personal and business ventures:
- Find shipping containers for sale — If you find that you have far too much clutter in your life, sometimes just storing everything in your home’s basement or in a closet at work isn’t nearly enough. Luckily, shipping containers are great for storing all kinds of items, both large and small. There are 11 million shipping containers not currently being used across the globe. A standard TEU storage container can actually hold around 3,500 shoe boxes and a 40 feet high cube can hold more than 8,000 shoe boxes. Additionally, you can store large items like heavy machinery, furniture, and recreational vehicles inside these units as well. There are even used shipping containers for sale that work just as great for storage purposes.
- Get rid of stuff you don’t need — It might seem difficult at first, but throwing out all those unwanted items around the house is a great way to free up space and help you get more organized in life. Start with the basement because you probably don’t use a lot of those items all that much throughout the year. Once you have sold, donated, or thrown out all that extra stuff, you’ll likely have so much more space and you’ll be able to move forward with your storage plans.
- Call your friends and family — It might feel strange to make the call, but your friends and family will likely be more than happy to help with your storage needs at least for a little while. If you have a friend who lives in a great big house but doesn’t have all that much stuff, they can probably help you out by storing some of your items until you find another storage opportunity elsewhere.
If you want to find quality shipping containers for sale in order to improve your personal and professional storage needs, give Integrated Equipment Sales a call today.
Sports are a major part of American culture. Everything from NFL games to local amateur sporting events can draw major crowds and generate quite a buzz in the community.
If you are thinking about using the public’s love of sports to potentially make an extra buck or two, consider finding some portable concession stands, setting up shop outside the local sports venue, and let the hungry customers come to you.
Standard TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) shipping containers
can hold approximately 3,500 shoe boxes, and 40-foot high cubes can even hold more than 8,000 shoe boxes — that’s a lot of product space for your portable concession stands.
Here are some tips for breaking into the sports concession industry and maximizing your revenue:
- Start with healthy foods — When most people think of a sporting event, they typically don’t think about healthy foods — but that’s exactly why you should offer them some healthier options. Rather than serving up the same hot dogs and popcorn that every other vendor has, consider offering your customer some healthier foods to really stand out.
- Let your customers design their own plate — Conventional made-to-order food servings can work fine and be effective, but if you give you your customers a little creativity and control, they will likely be much more excited about doing business with your portable concession stand.
- Let your customers eat for free — Within reason. Clearly, you’ll run out of money quickly if you give everything out for free, but offering some small free samples can really get the interest flowing around the area. Your main courses can still be purchased, but keeping some tasty free samples in the back of your storage containers can be a great way to strengthen the relationship with your customers.
Good luck on your next sports-related side hustle, and enjoy as much as you can. If you want to learn more about portable concession stands, the sports concession industry or find high quality shipping containers for sale in NY or NJ, contact Integrated Equipment Sales today!
Puerto Rico is still in major need of worldwide assistance following the two devastating hurricanes last summer.
After Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma struck Puerto Rico, so much damage occurred in every aspect of the island’s entire infrastructure. Homes were destroyed, people were misplaced, lives were lost, and so much more devastation occurred. Winds of up to 154 miles per hour ravaged homes, buildings, and power lines. So much was lost.
Thankfully, groups and organizations around the world — as well as the hard working people of Puerto Rico — are coming together to provide as much assistance as possible and get the island back on its feet.
One great way for the world to help Puerto Rico is by donating anything and everything. Across the globe, steel cargo containers are being filled with food, money, toys, tools, and all kinds of items that can help in some way. A standard twenty-foot equivalent steel cargo container can actually hold around 3,500 shoe boxes, and some larger shipping containers can hold more than 8,500 shoe boxes.
If all those shoe boxes were filled with helpful items and those shipments went out from all around the world, there would be some major assistance coming to the island. Luckily, that’s exactly what is happening.
Perhaps more important than any single item (aside from food), medical supplies are being packaged into storage containers and shipped to the island as well.
According to Relief Web, a fresh shipment of medicine and other essential medical supplies arrived on the island in the days before the New Year.
Over 100 pallets of emergency medical supplies arrived at the ABF Freight warehouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico and were divided up into smaller shipments to go to health clinics across the island. Health providers and their employees did all they can to organize these medical items and get them to their correct designations.
“We felt that we we owed it to the patients to help them in these terrible times,” said Marirosa Rosado, of Eli Lilly. “We were really proud to help.”
Thankfully there are people in this world who are willing to donate and help their neighbor’s who are in need — even if those neighbors are thousands of miles away. If you want to check out steel cargo containers or used shipping containers for sale, contact Integrated Equipment Sales today.
