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Unlock the Value of Clean

Studies show a clean and healthy facility can have a direct impact on a company’s bottom line

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Lean Cleaning for Healthy Environments
Allen Rathey

Lean Cleaning for Healthy Environments

Business and Management

The concept of “lean” is about eliminating waste from the workplace. Cleaning organizations can use lean principles to improve the workforce without eliminating employees.

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Five Culinary Cleaning Issues to Avoid
Erin Brereton

Five Culinary Cleaning Issues to Avoid

Health and Safety

With the risk of trips and drips, and the chance of things catching on fire, commercial kitchens can be a hazardous place to work—and a challenging area to maintain.

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Training Health Care Cleaners for Infection Control Compliance
Thom Wellington

Training Health Care Cleaners for Infection Control Compliance

Infection Control

Health care facilities consistently are filled with vendor employees performing necessary work, and many of these contractors do not have functional knowledge of how their work can negatively affect an immune-compromised patient.

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Unlock the Value of Clean
Bill Balek

Unlock the Value of Clean

Business and Management

Implementing proper and effective cleaning can directly affect employee attendance and productivity, asset preservation, and customer satisfaction. Helping decision-makers change the way they view cleaning—not as a cost but as an investment—can go a long way to preserving budgets while improving the business.

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Hard Floor Maintenance for the Winter Months
Joel Craddock

Hard Floor Maintenance for the Winter Months

Hard Floors

Rock salt, ice melt, slush, and moisture can wreak havoc on hard floor surfaces of all kinds. Protect your facility’s investment with a seasonal plan for hard floor care.

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Winter-proofing Hardwood Floors

Winter-proofing Hardwood Floors

Hard Floors

With winter weather just around the corner, fall is the perfect time to prepare for cleaning and maintenance challenges the season presents.

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Transitioning from Worker to Supervisor
William R. Griffin

Transitioning from Worker to Supervisor

Training

One of the best ways to find a new supervisor or leader is to develop and promote an individual from within the ranks of your existing staff.

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The Importance of a Well-trained Custodial Team
Judie Cooper

The Importance of a Well-trained Custodial Team

Training

A well-trained custodial team provides benefits to the bottom line of the organization by facilitating continued productivity.

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Top to Bottom: The Challenge of Organizational Clarity
Jim Harris Sr. & Jeff Merrihew

Top to Bottom: The Challenge of Organizational Clarity

Business and Management

Maintaining organizational clarity from senior management to the operative level is necessary to ensure consistent service delivery.

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Transitioning to Green and Sustainable Cleaning
Stephen P. Ashkin

Transitioning to Green and Sustainable Cleaning

Business and Management

Contractors should adopt green and sustainability initiatives, products, and procedures to help ensure they reach their own financial goals and also secure their survival in the professional cleaning industry of the future.

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Adding the Value to Clean
Judy Gillies

Adding the Value to Clean

Health and Safety

Today’s facility managers are under constant pressure to defend the importance of a clean and safe environment, while cutting budgets to satisfy those looking only at their bottom line.

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Bidding and Estimating Convention Centers
William R. Griffin

Bidding and Estimating Convention Centers

Business and Management

Cleaning convention centers, regardless of size, takes people, products, equipment, and planning.

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Leading the Way to Consistently Cleaner Carpets
Sponsored by R. E. Whittaker Co., Inc.

Leading the Way to Consistently Cleaner Carpets

Carpet

Everyone loves the look of a beautifully clean carpet. Whether you’re a facility manager or building service contractor, the Whittaker Smart Care® system has been globally proven for over 30 years to deliver consistently cleaner carpets at a consistently lower cost.

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Clean, Safe, Healthy Facilities—Lowest Total Cost
Sponsored by Hillyard, Inc.

Clean, Safe, Healthy Facilities—Lowest Total Cost

Technology and Trends

Providing clean, safe, healthy facilities within budget is more than just a product procurement-driven decision.

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Get a GRIP on Workplace Safety with Non-Slip Footwear
Sponsored by Stabil

Get a GRIP on Workplace Safety with Non-Slip Footwear

Health and Safety

STABIL Grippers are proven to reduce slips and falls on slippery surfaces indoors in water, soap, oil and mixed contaminants.

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Jan-Pro of St. Louis Recommends ProTeam Backpack Vacuums to Franchises
Sponsored by ProTeam, Inc.

Jan-Pro of St. Louis Recommends ProTeam Backpack Vacuums to Franchises

Training

Over 90 active Jan-Pro franchise owners call the greater St. Louis metro area home, and that number is growing. Each new franchise owner in the region undergoes an intensive five week training course to study Jan-Pro’s proprietary methods.

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Save Money, Go Green
Sponsored by PathoSans

Save Money, Go Green

Health and Safety

ElectroChemically Activated (ECA) solutions replace legacy engineered water systems to produce two great products using one economical system.

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Tennant’s Innovations are Driven by You.
Sponsored by Tennant Company

Tennant’s Innovations are Driven by You.

Hard Floors

Energize fleet performance and reduce costs to clean with Tennant’s new comprehensive battery solution: IRIS Battery Manager* and Smart-Fill* automatic battery watering.

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