Filing Cabinets
Concepts of Filing Cabinets
Vertical and Lateral Filing Cabinets

File Cabinets are the old fashioned way of storing media. But they still work, and they are still widely used because of their ease of purchasing. The more records and the more active your records become, the less likely a file cabinet will be efficient for you.

Productivity Rating: Filing Cabinets allow for a maximum of only 35 file actions per hour. This translates into a low productivity rating and will slow down active environments where files are constantly moving in and out of cabinets.

File Cabinets can be used to store media many different ways.

Lateral Files- file cabinets that are 30" W or more and around 19" D to 22" D.

Ways to file in a Lateral File:

Left to right- right to left- Storing records from one side of your filing cabinet to the other is very common in lateral files.

Front to back 2 or 3 rows across- Storing records front to back 3 rows across in a 42" W lateral file will actually give you 45" of filing inches in a 42" W drawer.

Front to back and side to side- Storing records both front to back and side to side is also another way of filing your records in a lateral file.

Vertical Files- file cabinets that are 2 to 5 drawers high and are available in letter and legal size widths.

Ways to file in a Vertical File:

Front to back- Storing records front to back in a vertical file is the most common use of this cabinet.

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Filing Cabinets