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School districts around the country, faced with shrinking budgets, are looking for ways to clean buildings faster and more efficiently. One solution may be a relatively new method called process cleaning, the goal of which is to eliminate the stopping and starting associated with traditional methods.
Process cleaning requires workers to follow steps precisely. Workers enter a room and lock the door behind them so there are no interruptions. Then every action is carefully choreographed to minimize wasted time and effort. Using touchless equipment, microfibers and other cleaning materials also can speed things up.
The quality of cleaning, of course, can impact the health of the students and teachers. Flexibility, too, is critical to the changing needs of a busy school.
One local school sought bids from local suppliers and national firms. A new supplier that used process cleaning offered savings of up to 33 percent. The school kept its supplier, which lowered its rates by 20 percent. The savings were used to improve the educational programs and retain teachers.
Deena Kaye is a director in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island with Expense Reduction Analysts, a worldwide network of consultants specializing in finding extra profits by reducing expenses in non-core categories. She can be reached at 800-656-7270, ext. 136; 203-550-2094 (cell); or DKaye@expensereduction.com.
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