空きっぱなし

17:07 Feb 2, 2012 

Yes they are saying that some items are not being effectively used and that they need to improve the system

17:06 Feb 2, 2012 

Yes, it is a manufacturing type situation. Items would be used within the building or complex in different processes (not sold). You should post an official answer.

16:49 Feb 2, 2012 

Simply I thought the writer was talking about space that has not been utilized properly, the way it should be.

I thought this topic is more of management, how best utilizing the space or things in the 現場. 使用されないのは「もの」でもありうるし「空間」「棚」でもありうると思いますがどうでしょう？

16:44 Feb 2, 2012 

When I read this sentence: 「現場近くになくてもいいものがまた使用されない原因を解析する。」, I thought this was about a manufacturing or some sort of production environment where the items on the shelf are parts, supplies, etc., that supposed to be used at the 現場, and not for selling them.
In my interpretation, 「使用されない原因を解析する」　also refers to the items 「もの」, and not the shelves, or the space on the shelves.
So, to me, both 置かれっぱなし and 空きっぱなし refer to the items, as those are the ones that are not being used 「使用されない」, and therefore they are not required to be close to the work area 「現場近くになくてもいい」.

16:31 Feb 2, 2012 

空きっぱなし is used more often when space is empty hence the use of 空き. It's what vacancy is.

置かれっぱなし is what Japanese use to discribe item(s) that are 放置状態 where it has been occupying space(s) for period of time.

But it's little strange that shelf with 空きっぱなし contains items. I would guessed shelf items are example of inventory bin(s) that are always empty (or fully utilized) and 置きっぱなしis inventory that are slow moving.

16:13 Feb 2, 2012 

It is hard to say without seeing the pictures, but:
置かれっぱなし could mean items that were left on the shelf for a long time, perhaps because there are specific times to use it - that's what 占有期間 would refer to in the graph, and
空きっぱなし means items that are really not used at all (one meaning of 空き is to disuse, unused thing) and perhaps 空き期間 refers to how long it has not been used?

16:09 Feb 2, 2012 

Left there vs. idle?