By: Ken Tyler, Sr. Laundry Industry Consultant You may have heard that customers should come first. However, it’s also debatable that your employees should come first instead. They bring great value to your organization with skills and talent that can’t easily be replaced. Whether your employees are union or not, become familiar with Department of Labor Rules, …
By Kate Zabriskie — It starts innocently enough. You want to ensure everything runs smoothly, so you check in often. You spot mistakes, so you fix it yourself. Someone misses a minor detail, and you think, “I’ll just handle it next time.” Before long, you’re reviewing every email, sitting in on every meeting, and wondering …
By Steve Berg, Vice President, Encompass Group — How modern linens can enhance comfort, reduce costs, and improve operational ROI. In today’s senior living environment, margins are tight, staffing is stretched, and expectations around resident experience have never been higher. Yet many facilities still rely on outdated linen systems that drive up labor costs, …
By Al Adcock, Vice President Sales & Marketing, B&C Technologies Last week in Part 1 we explored different products that can be used in your commercial laundry. This week we’ll look at more chemicals, their composition and how they enhace the goods moving through your facility. Read Part 1 here. What is Chlorine Bleach? Chlorine …
By Al Adcock, Vice President Sales & Marketing, B&C Technologies — When you’re trying to decide what washing products you’re going to use in your commercial laundry, it’s really helpful to understand just what all those different chemicals are and just what they do once they are introduced to the wash cylinder. Today, it’s all …
By Kate Zabriskie Imagine a team starting a project with energy and optimism. Ideas are flying, everyone’s ready to contribute, and the excitement is high. But a few weeks in, the team is struggling. People are frustrated, deadlines are slipping, and despite all the effort, they’re behind. Sound familiar? That’s the cost of confusion. …
By: Ken Tyler, Sr. Laundry Industry Consultant Laundry equipment planning, acquisition and inspections are critical to every laundry. Each facility should establish protocols for production, performance and quality expectations. Inspections should be conducted by the laundry manager or chief engineer as soon as new equipment is installed. They should also take place on a routine …
By Al Adcock, Vice President Sales & Marketing, B&C Technologies High speed extracts can help increase linen life in a commercial laundry by removing more water from the linens during the spin cycle, which reduces the amount of time they need to spend in the dryer. This can lead to less wear and tear on …
By Craig Lloyd, LaundryCareers.com I once said, “Owner Operators, multi-plant senior managers and equipment manufacturers – the Day of Reckoning is quickly approaching. Although our industry appreciates the technological advances and the accompanying production efficiencies / labor savings we are simply playing musical chairs with the available talent to diagnose and repair today’s equipment. …
By: Ken Tyler, Sr. Laundry Industry Consultant Below you will find my benchmarking cost textile care operations for 2021. The year 2021 was used because it takes several years to quantify and validate the results. I encourage other industry associations to partake in similar studies since this information is important to the members of our …