Safety First
Manufacturing plants have a lot of moving parts, from heavy machinery and tools to finished products. If used or cared for improperly, these moving parts can spell trouble for an ...
ISSA 2019 Elections: Meet Your Candidates
Vice President/President Elect Ken Bodie “During my 30-plus years in our industry, I have learned a lot about what all member classes of ISSA face daily: eroding margins, new channel ...
All Signs Point to Safety
The professional cleaning industry talks safety, but we don’t always walk safety—especially when it comes to the proper use of safety signs. For some distributors, it’s a simple dollars-and-cents issue. ...
The Tuway Way: Family First
The Tuway American Group has been manufacturing mops and janitorial equipment for more than 90 years. The company got its start in 1923 when jansan distributor Otto Schaefer decided to ...
Gathering Information During a Walkthrough: A Complete Guide
There is nothing more crucial to the acquisition of new business than a successful walkthrough. So let's start at the beginning: After you have introduced yourself and exchanged business cards, ...
Partnerships: Stretching For Success
Let’s face it—sometimes you need some help to keep your operation running smoothly. Since you can’t do every little thing on your own, cultivating the right relationships with distributors and ...
Myths and Realities About VOCs
As an employee of a manufacturer of green cleaning products―many of which contain significantly reduced amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ―it might come as a surprise that I must ...
Goodbye Dear Friend
As most of the industry already knows, former ISSA executive director Jack D. Ramaley passed away January 20, 2018. He was 97 years old. It was a great loss for ...
Haviland Corp.: Family-Focused for the Future
Multi-generational companies were once the norm in the cleaning industry. But over the last couple of decades, there appears to have been a shift, with the younger generation opting not ...
The Language of Sustainability
The professional cleaning industry is about to enter an entirely new world, the world of sustainability. Yes, I know some in our industry have already started on this journey, but ...
