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Don’t Put off Your Laundry’s Upgrade
By Matt Wilson Laundry Design Specialist, Kannegiesser Many times laundry owners/managers will delay upgrades to their facility due to concerns of cost or what they perceive to be an inconvenience to their customers via disruptions ...
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Battling SuperBugs-Fighting Antibiotic Resistant Germs
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. – The war on bacterial contamination of hospital textiles is being fought at every hospital. Addressing environmental cleanliness through textiles is a critical health and safety issue since hospital acquired infections (HAIs) ...
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How Loading a Washer-Extractor Affects Laundry Processing
By Dave Burnham, EDRO Corp. Many times when loading a washer extractor, not much thought is given to the fact that how a machine is loaded will affect proper processing of the goods. But incorrect ...
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Life Hacks for Laundries-Choosing a Tunnel Washer in 10 Easy Steps (Part 1)
By David Netusil, Manager-Sales Support and Marketing, JENSEN USA, Inc. Life hacks are very popular in social media. The term refers to a trick, skill or novelty method that boosts productivity and efficiency – in ...
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Life Hacks for Laundries – Choosing a Tunnel Washer in 10 Easy Steps (Part 2)
By David Netusil, Manager-Sales Support and Marketing, JENSEN USA, Inc. Last week in Part I of Life Hacks for Laundries, Choosing a Tunnel Washer in 10 Easy Steps we looked at the first five ...
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Rethink Employee Retention for Older Staff
By Ruth Crocker In many laundries there are valuable older workers who can continue adding to the productivity to the facility with some modifications to their work environment. Today’s employers are facing the fact ...
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How Do I Maximize Delegation Effectiveness?
By Eric Bloom — To maintain a laundry’s effectiveness, a manager needs to effectively delegate certain tasks. Like all management activities, delegation must be done in a thoughtful, ethical and forward-thinking manner. To that end, consider ...
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Taking Charge of Wash Quality
By Rich Fitzmorris — Many times if you ask who is responsible for wash quality, owners, GM’s, production managers, department heads and team members will answer – the chemical company. Although chemical companies supply chemistry, ...
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Measuring Operational Performance Through Metrics
By Joe Gudenburr, President, G.A. Braun Inc. — Business metrics, or a quantifiable measure that tracks, monitors and assesses the success or failure of business processes are an invaluable tool to any facility. However, with ...
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Managing Irate Customers or Employees
By Joe Curcillo — As a manager, chances are you’ve been faced with this scenario. It could be an angry authoritative customer on the phone with your assistant or an employee waiting outside your door ...