Avery has both removable and permanent labels. The permanent may stay on better? I don't know if they have all sizes in both kinds however? I hadn't thought of Word. I have it, an older copy, but seldom use it. I think they used that in our office (when I was working) to do Avery labels. Come to think of it, I believe they used Word to print the 8-1/2"x11" wire label sheets I mentioned above as well, so I was wrong about the special software (unless you don't have Word). How quickly we forget?
I believe in labels too! Putting them on at the time of pulling/installing the wire is also a must if you have multiple wires, unless you have lots and lots of colors or want to spend a long time ringing them out. Might as well use good ones with meaningful descriptions on them.
As for wasting time with labels, that sounds like some of the managers we used to get that were trying to make a big quick bonus for cutting costs and increasing profits. They were usually let go a year or two later and we were stuck with the messes they left behind. And that was a BIG company. I finally left after 20 years, because of stuff like that. Spent my last few years working for one of my co-workers from there that left there before I did for the same reasons. He bought a small competing company, I went there. He is still doing very well and still labeling all the wires, very nicely I might add.
