WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT!

WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT!

By design, KSC branches are structured to conform to a suggested order. Yet we are not an impersonal big box company.

Each branch is afforded the flexibility to develop its own ideas that, while adhering to corporately influenced strategy, employ creative tactics of its own that are unique and address the needs inherent to that branch.

There’s always room for ingenuity. Not only is it encouraged, it can be an integral feature of smoothly managing the daily operations of a branch.

Ironsides layflat discharge hose is big business at KSC-North Platte. So how to deal with it when filling a customer’s order while properly addressing time efficiency and ease of handling issues posed a challenge to branch manager Scott Erickson and his valuable team that includes outside salesman Rick Hoffman and the inside group of Dan Eddy, Marv Schweitzer, and Toni Dale.

Scott said, “We brain stormed on how to use the flat ends of wooden hose reels. We mounted a 1-1/2 companion flange to the floor threaded in a short nipple, and then used a 1″ x12″nipple with a coupling threaded on one to sleeve into a short nipple. (1-1/2×3)

“We disassembled the large wooden hose reel and put 4 small casters (spaced accordingly) around the wooden circle. Then we took the other 1/2 of the hose reel, cut it in half and put a wing out so the large rolls of hose will not fall off.

“When we need hose, we can just grab the end and start pulling and the reel will turn on the pivot point and makes it a lot simpler to work with this hose.”

You can see in the photos how Scott and his crew make this idea work for them.

This is just an example of how putting our heads together and utilizing what we have at our fingertips might result in a relatively simple method that can cut time, labor, and costs.

Communication is a purpose of this site and we invite all branches to share similar ideas that have worked at your location.