Unit Piling in Stores Accounts

Unit Piling

·          Para 1250 of Indian Railway Stores Code

·         Object of Unit Piling: To retrieve or ascertain the existing stock at any time without any difficulty

·         System of stocking the stores like

1.       So many deep to a row and so many rows to a layer

2.       In case of small items,  a system of packing in bags , uniform quantities in convenient weights or number based on average quantities for one issue.

3.       Wherever practicable, graduation marks should be painted on bins to show certain previously ascertained quantities which would enable a busy DSK  to know at glance the approximate stocks in his custody and for taking steps for prompt recoupment.

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