TRAY SYSTEM

Your in-tray, pending tray and exit tray should always be in reach, in order to work efficiently. (according to K. Gleeson).

	It is used for documents, letters and notes that have not benn senn or processed.  You shouldtake documents from this tray immediately. If you have a secretary, the mail should be classified and separated into folders marked with their level of priority. For example, if a signature is required, if they are urgent documents, memorandums, reading, etc.
	Pending in the short term 24-48 hours. For matters that you have tried to attend to but not been able to finish (for example, if you need to wait for information, or calls or if the matter has been suspended because of something urgent). You should not use this tray to put off work, incomplete projects, difficult subjects, etc.
	Here you can place everything that has been dealth with.
	Optional, if you have a lot of reading material, avoid it accumulating by reading the short articles immediately, quickly revising the contents tables and shortening the articles, sharing the bulk of the reading with other colleagues from the department so that they can summarize. Always give yourself a certain amount of time for essential reading.

The tray system has been presented to us by K. Gleeson, and I can confirm that it is an easy way to organize a day's work. Recently I started using this method and I have had some interesting results. If you need to organize your office and "desk", the trays can help you with this task.

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