Frank De Winne, our astronaut who lived aboard ISS in november 2002, would give an example about how different the US and the Russian systems are aboard the ISS.

He's in the US section and needs a screwdriver...asks Peggy who leads him in front of a screen. She asks him what kind of screwdriver he needs and he answers well..let's see serie number zj764gh332.21, Peggy checks the computer and finds it mentioned as stored in box AF-45 (left side) where Frank finds it.

Next day, he works in the Russian section, needs a screwdriver again, asks Sergei who points toward a screwdriver hanging from the roof...

Frank admired the operational aspect of the Russian side while he admired the technology in the US side.

Both systems have advantages and disadvantages and space has something we don't experience as much on Earth: things get lost very quickly!! Even moving the head can produce a slight draft capable of moving a pen right in front of a nose...and the astronaut wouldn't even recognize it because it has changed its position.