Point of use storage is an excellent strategy for reducing the waste of motion (and transportation). Sometimes motion is a minor inconvenience. Sometimes motion is a bit more problematic.
The picture to the left is real. No Photoshop here! The name of the location is withheld to protect the innocent people who have to use the "workstations" and the guilty (it's just not worth it) who established the "system."
It's kind of funny...if you don't think about the implications for the employees whom we should respect.