KSS Enterprises has provided janitorial supplies to the U.S. Great Lakes region for more than 65 years. In fact the company began in 1945, when Fred Martinis opened a small supply store in downtown Kalamazoo, MI, known as Kalamazoo Sanitary Supply Co. Martinis focused primarily on cleaning supplies, with a customer base within the greater ...
Surprisingly, one area often overlooked as a facility becomes greener and more sustainable is the restroom. Yet more water is used in restrooms than virtually any other area of a facility, and because water and energy are interconnected, water consumption increases the amount of energy necessary to power a facility. In addressing this issue, Waterless ...
Imagine that you come to work one day and your co-worker in the cubicle across from you is sick. I mean really sick. She’s pale and glassy-eyed, shivering under layer upon layer of clothing. Her garbage can is overflowing with mucous-filled tissues and crinkled up cough drop wrappers. A tell-tale cup of hot tea steeps ...
I had a really weird dream the other night. I was sitting with a group of salespeople, and they went around the room introducing themselves. The first one said, “Hi, my name is Tom, and I’m an underachiever. It’s mostly because I don’t work very hard.” Then the next person said, “My name is Ellen, ...
Cleaning-industry business owners have invested blood, sweat, and tears into building their companies, and most have created a detailed plan of what they hope to accomplish while owning a company. But all good things must come to an end. At some point, it’s time for the next chapter of your life to begin. Have you ...
While the practice of green cleaning in schools and offices has become fairly common, green carpet care is a lesser-known exercise. This is unfortunate because in many facilities, carpet is the largest surface used on a daily basis, and some carpet-cleaning methods have the potential to negatively impact the environment. To help facilitate the discussion ...
Experienced building service contractors (BSCs) are well aware of the changes that have occurred when it comes to selecting professional cleaning products, tools, and equipment. At one time, the only option for buying professional cleaning chemicals, commercial vacuum cleaners, and other tools and equipment was to shop at a local jansan supply distributorship. But today, ...
Perhaps you've wondered from time to time, how did I lose that janitorial bid? Have you ever won a janitorial contract, only to find out that you severely under-bid the contract, and you find yourself working that large and time-consuming account with a smaller net profit than you earn from many of your smaller cleaning ...
This article is the second in a two-part series that aims to cover everything you need to know about carpet cleaning. In the first part of the series, we discussed the various methods available for treating carpets, outlined their benefits, and defined some of the most common terms in the world of carpet cleaning. Here, we ...
Cleaning represents 20 percent to 35 percent of the total maintenance and operations budget for nearly any type of organization. In other words, cleaning—whether performed in house or by a building service contractor (BSC)—is a big piece of the budget pie ... and often a big target. Within that cleaning slice, labor costs account for ...
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