Ready for that old saw about the good and the bad? Well, the bad news is that we’re increasingly realizing the detrimental bodily effects of office environments, but the good news is that we’re increasingly doing something about it. Task chairs like Herman Miller’s Setu and Knoll’s Generation Chair invite the spine to stay stable and stacked, while organizational solutions like Vicinity invite a minimum of gyrational mechanics to procure the desired file or brief. Just so, Kardex Remstar’s Lektriever Electrical Lateral Filing Cabinet Carousels (wow!) bring the very same documents to the fingertips at the terminus of your comfortably seated or standing self.

Lektriever Electrical Lateral Filing Cabinet Carousel. Designed by Kardex Remstar.

A True Innovation in Office Filing Systems

Thankfully, this automated solution to the oft-fraught logistics of document storage comes with an easy acronym—one that’s apropos of the approaching holiday season: “ELF (electrical lateral file) is a series of vertically arranged rotating shelves (carriers) controlled by an electronic keypad to deliver files to the operator with a push of a button or scan of a bar code.” Picture an appliance about the size of your average double-sided library bookshelf. Now imagine its garage-style aperture effortlessly parting to reveal row upon row of suspended and rotating files. The carousel inside the housing moves in a circular pattern—stopping at the predetermined row to deliver to you the sliding drawer that contains the crucial folder that houses the exact document of which you were in need.

The automated system promises a minimum of fuss to locate the needle in the haystack of your office—this means less downtime owed to hunting and retrieving; less hunching, squatting, and stooping to extract files; and ultimately greater productivity. But this is just a brief summary of the advantages of ELF. Kardex Remstar provides an enhanced accounting: saves floor space, improves customer response times, increases operational efficiency, and enhances employee morale.

Further, ELF knows all offices are not created equal. System options like seated or standing countertops, keypad or networked software control, variable sizes (from 8’h x 4’w to 12’ x 11’), and multiple shelf sizes from letter to legal—from side-tab to hanging pendaflex style files—facilitate the customization your workspace requires and deserves.

Via ContractDesign.
Images from Southwest Solutions Group.