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An Outline of Your Expectations: Why Scope of Work is Important for Outsourced Facility Maintenance Services

Contributed by Ed Turbeville The facility maintenance service industry is emerging as a fast growing sector due to the increasing demand for maintaining clean, safe, and healthy workplaces. With its multi-disciplinary nature, the facility maintenance function includes a wide range of responsibilities and processes. It is therefore crucial to ensure that the service provider and […]

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Outsourced Facilities Maintenance Services with High Employee Retention

Outsourced Facilities Maintenance Services with High Employee Retention: An Essential Component of Better Customer Service & Stronger Partnership Contributed by Garrett Goralski “The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers.” – Sybil F. Stershic According to SHRM (Society for Human […]

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Does Your Facility Maintenance Service Provider Facilitates Teamwork?

Contributed by Mark Gilbreth Efficiency, Productivity, & Other Effects of Fostering Teamwork Teamwork is essentially the force behind the success of outsourced facilities maintenance operations. It ensures that the on-ground teams come together to achieve the same goals which leads to a multitude of benefits, including putting together their strengths to work efficiently, faster problem-solving, […]

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Stand-Alone Janitorial Vs. Integrated Facility Maintenance Services

Janitorial services are regular, small office cleaning tasks required to keep a clean workplace daily. While the scope of services may vary according to customer requirements, janitorial companies typically provide basic cleaning, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, restroom cleaning, and other similar services. While all of their day-to-day cleaning duties are significant for business facilities, janitorial companies […]

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Discernible Effects of Local Minimum-Wage Hikes

Contributed by Steve Weiand, SVP Client Relations   How Businesses Including Janitorial Services will absorb the Impact of Increased Wages The policy to increase minimum wage often receives both, praise and criticism for various reasons. The most understandable support for minimum wage hike comes from its positive impact on the welfare of low-income workers. On […]

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Importance of Competency in Outsourced Facility Maintenance Services for Financial Institutions  

Contributed by Sheryl Perlstein   “According to a variety of studies conducted in the US, consumers have identified competency as the element that plays one of the biggest role in a good customer experience. To be competent, a customer support professional must have a strong knowledge of the company and its products, as well as […]

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Janitorial Service Transition Requires Comprehensive Procedures & Communications

Contributed by Mark Gilbreth The need to hire a new janitorial partner is driven by several factors, such as unsatisfactory performance by the current service provider, switching from a self-performing model to an outsourced one, among others. However, many businesses show reluctance in making the decision due to the possible challenges of a disordered transition. […]

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Robust Value Chain: Supplier Diversity in Outsourced Facility Maintenance Operations

Contributed by Garrett Goralski, Regional Sales Executive According to INVESTOPEDIA, Value Chain is a business model that describes the full range of activities needed to create a product or service. Facility maintenance services, for instance, maintain a value chain that includes consecutive steps and individual processes to ensure customer facilities are cleaned and maintained with […]

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High Potential and Promising Results of Autonomous Technology in Commercial Janitorial Services

Contributed by Ed Turbeville, National Sales Executive  “The great growling engine of change – technology.” – Alvin Toffler   In a fast-paced and competitive industry, competent and successful janitorial companies are investing in technology to support their objectives of maintaining clean, safe, healthy, and sanitized facilities for their customers. The use of technology in day-to-day […]

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