An Industry Unites – Part 3

An Industry Unites – Part 3

By |2024-01-05T22:20:21-06:00March 25, 2020|

Editor’s Note: This article is the third of a five-part series (see previous articles on BSCs and manufacturing) investigating what the cleaning industry is doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. While manufacturers are working feverishly to keep up with demand, the products they make still must get to the end-user and that happens through ...

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An Industry Unites – Part 2

By |2024-01-05T22:20:20-06:00March 24, 2020|

Editor’s Note: This article is the second of a five-series investigating what the cleaning industry is doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The first in the series concentrates on challenges facing building service contractors. Besides the building service contractor segment, manufacturing is also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A heavy burden has been put ...

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Competing in the E-Commerce World

By |2024-01-05T22:20:14-06:00March 23, 2020|

 A survey of some 230 distributors revealed that Amazon Business (let’s call it AB to keep this simple) is a leader in the distribution chain in our industry. AB ranked fourth behind national chains (with a local presence), independent distributors, and Grainger. Yet, more than 50% of respondents indicated that their customers are buying from ...

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An Industry Unites

By |2024-03-21T02:40:38-05:00March 23, 2020|

Editor’s Note: This article is the first of a five-part series investigating what the cleaning industry is doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The first in the series concentrates on challenges facing building service contractors. During this COVID-19 crisis, most of you reading this right now are either under a voluntary stay at home ...

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Driving Future Business Outcomes Through Collaboration

By |2024-01-05T22:20:13-06:00March 11, 2020|

Stronger together—that is the mantra of the future. Collaboration between companies is worthwhile, even if it’s between competitors and outside of one’s own industry. Lone fighters will increasingly face difficulties in being successful. Connections, partnerships, and good relationships are important as firms face changing market conditions. In today’s digital, global economy, markets are developing faster, ...

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Around the World With ISSA

By |2024-01-05T22:20:12-06:00February 20, 2020|

Simply put, 2019 was a busy and productive year for ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association. We expanded our global footprint, established new partnerships to grow our networking and event platforms, and worked diligently to fulfill ISSA’s brand promise to change the way the world views cleaning. Let’s take a look back—and forward—as we prepare ...

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Training vs. Education: The Debate at the Heart of Managing Change

By |2024-01-05T22:20:10-06:00February 14, 2020|

The speed of change is one of the biggest challenges to the commercial cleaning industry. Ensuring that your workforce are able to take change in their stride means being aware of the key differences between training and education, while recognizing the specific benefits each can provide in driving your business forward. Being able to adapt to ...

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Clean Up With Automation

By |2024-01-05T22:20:11-06:00February 12, 2020|

Amazing new smart technologies have taken the world by storm, and this time, the cleaning industry is not merely struggling to keep up, but in many instances, setting the innovation pace. The cleaning industry is already among the largest users of robotics, and it does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The cleaning ...

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Dress Codes and Today’s Culture

By |2024-01-05T22:20:10-06:00February 7, 2020|

You would have to be blind to miss the changes in people’s fashion preferences. Every year, millions of men and women are getting more piercings and tattoos. And the body parts that can be pierced, pricked, lanced, and tattooed are growing in number. You may see potential applicants with everything from the traditional pierced ears, ...

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Navigating Towel and Tissue Sustainability

By |2024-01-05T22:20:09-06:00February 5, 2020|

In this era of rising concerns about global environmental challenges such as ocean plastics, greenhouse gases, deforestation, and more, there is no shortage of voices calling for action. The challenge for all businesses is determining which voices to listen to. Companies frequently become either paralyzed by the complexity, and do nothing, or try to do ...

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