ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Work-in

Okay, imagine you are playing with your toys and you have a lot of different toys to play with. Now, your mommy asks you to clean up your toys and put them away in their proper places.

Now, the process of cleaning up your toys is like work-in. Work-in means organizing things and putting them in their proper place so that everything is in order and easy to find when you need it next time.

Just like how you need to put your toys in their right place and keep them organized to find them easily next time, work-in is doing the same thing with a lot of different things like files, documents, books, or other types of resources in your office or business to keep them in order so you can quickly access them when you need them.

By keeping everything organized and making sure they are in the right place, you make it easier and quicker to find and use things without any confusion or delay.
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