Buyer expectations for digital self-service are propelling the janitorial and sanitation (jansan) resale and distribution industry towards digital transformation. Much like they do in their personal lives, today’s jansan buyers want to conduct research and interact with suppliers via mobile-based applications and e-commerce sites. This is especially true among the industry’s millennial buyers—a group that ...
Not too long ago, a few elite media giants controlled all the information we received. If we wanted current news, we had to go through big outlets like NBC, ABC, CBS, AM/FM radio or big print-media like Time and Newsweek. Fast forward to today. When was the last time you rushed to your local newspaper ...
What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Hard work. Instinct. Confidence. Leadership. Vision. Gut. How about data? Now more than ever, business owners and managers look to data to validate their gut feelings and complement what’s made them successful. That’s what it takes to win in today’s modern marketplace; successful companies no longer ...
Based on trends witnessed in the past decade or so, jansan distributors can certainly count on at least one thing to continue into 2015: the emphasis on operating in a green and sustainable manner, which inherently involves packaging. Distributors are increasingly moving away from conventional packaging programs and materials in favor of what we call ...
According to a report by the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, microfiber cloths are more effective than traditional cotton cloths for removing bacteria from surfaces.* This study also suggests that microfiber products can help minimize cross-contamination, especially if a color-coded cleaning system is in place or if the microfiber can ...
When Holly Borrego began working as a restroom cleaner, 30 years ago the idea that sensors could be used to monitor paper towel dispensers or the level of trash in a garbage can was the stuff of dreams. Today, such sensors are a reality; they are also just one example of how data analytics provided ...
Sawyer completes jobs quickly and accurately, works safely alongside co-workers and is an integral part of the workforce. However, Sawyer is not your average employee — he is a robot. Rethink Robotics’ robot, Sawyer is just one example of automated technology being introduced to factories. Increased automation in factories is optimizing productivity in manufacturing. While ...
On the long train of demographic groups, the cars full of millennials are pulling into the employment station. As the baby boom generation slowly ages out of the workplace, millennials are stepping into their shoes as the group with the most economic promise and clout. These are the people whose minds and muscles you need ...
The cleaning industry is experiencing major disruption. According to the American Institute for Cleaning Sciences (AICS), there have been more than 70 notable changes in company ownership in our industry’s supply chain since 1991 with most of these changes having occurred in just the last three years. The majority of these mergers and acquisitions have ...
Many of us assume that the term “climate change” is relatively new, dating back to maybe the early 1980s. However, scientists were referring to climate change as far back as the 1800s. In 1896, a study entitled, On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Earth, was published by ...
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