Commercial Cleaning Best Practices: 4 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Productivity
Labor accounts for a large amount of any business's costs. In fact, it’s the greatest cost for most businesses.
With that being said, finding ways to improve your janitorial team’s efficiency is likely a priority.
但是，识别简化清洁任务而不牺牲您的设施清洁，健康和安全的方法可能看起来像是一个艰巨的任务，特别是现在。
您可能面临劳动力短缺，更高的清洁期望，预算更严格，更强硬的标准。所有这些都进一步强调需要有效的清洁实践。
There are several ways to boost your staff’s productivity so they can achieve more during a cleaning shift.
In this article and video, we’ll offer 4 key ways to increase your janitorial team's efficiency to help you lower labor costs.
4 Ways to Boost Your Cleaning Team’s Productivity
- Integrate Automated Cleaning Tools and Equipment
- Invest in Innovation
- Provide Formal Janitorial Training
- Standardize Cleaning Protocols With SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
1. Integrate Automated Cleaning Tools and Equipment
Many cleaning and maintenance procedures are tedious and can be streamlined with the addition of automated cleaning tools and equipment.
自动化设备减少时间或甚至消除员工操作设备或执行某些任务的需求。
通过释放您的janitorial团队，您可以将它们重新部署到其他更高的值清洁任务，该任务不能由机器或设备替换。
Automated tools and equipment can be added to several different areas of your facility.
Below are some examples of automated devices that can help optimize your cleaning and maintenance routine:
Automatic Floor Scrubbers
只需一个通行证，自动地板洗涤器涂抹清洁溶液，磨砂和干地板。鉴于在一次通过中清洁的能力，automatic floor scrubbersgreatly cut down the amount of time your team spends on floor cleaning.
In fact, using an automatic floor scrubber could allow your team to clean your floors at least 1.5x faster than if they used a mop and bucket.
When compared to cleaning with a mop and bucket, your staff will enjoy increased ergonomics and less fatigue, which in turn, also helps them to do more during a shift.
There are manydifferent types of auto floor scrubbers, and depending on the type of floor scrubber you choose, you and your staff may not even have to maneuver or propel the machine. You and your staff will simply operate the equipment with hand controls.
自动护肤分配器
Too often, manual soap dispensers are empty or out of service and require frequent attention from your staff.
The time your team spends fixing dispensers or checking to make sure dispensers are in working condition can be reduced with automated skincare dispensing systems.
Automated skincare dispensers eliminate the need for the people in your building to manually press a pump or lever for soap to dispense. As a result, there is one less touchpoint in the area that your staff has to clean.
Skincare分配器的另一个常见问题是需要经常检查皂或消毒剂水平。
许多自动护肤分配器具有可见的警报系统，如绿色或红灯。墨盒也可以是半透明的，帮助您的员工确定通过查看墨盒即可识别肥皂或消毒剂的确切水平。这些警报使员工可以轻松地看到肥皂或消毒剂水平只有一个外观，大大减少了在墨盒中支出的时间。
Further improving productivity, automated dispensers can increase battery life due to the presence of a sensor, which only dispenses product when a hand is present.
Some dispensers even have battery replacements on their refills so your team won’t have to worry about constant battery changes. Every time that the cartridge is replaced, so is the battery.
Auto-Flush Valves
Unflushed toilets and urinals lead to offensive odors, occupant complaints, and more work for your janitorial team.
Autoflush valves make sure toilets or urinals are flushed as soon as an occupant leaves the stall.
这不仅降低了臭臭洗手间的机会，而且还可以让您的洗手间看起来很棒，达到高峰状况。
2. Invest in Innovation
Innovative janitorial products simplify cleaning tasks, allowing your staff to complete them faster and more efficiently.
The time your staff saves by using innovative tools and equipment can be used to complete more intense cleaning that requires a human touch.
Below, we’ll discuss some common ways you can improve the productivity of your staff by choosing the right tools to complete cleaning in your facility.
Backpack Vacuums
Vacuuming the floors in your facility should be done at least once a day. Depending on how large your facility is, vacuuming can take up a large portion of your cleaning staff’s time.
Switching from an upright to a commercial backpack vacuum can significantly speed up the vacuuming process.
例如，许多设施使用标准的12英寸直立真空真空，可以清洁约2,200平方英尺。带有14英寸孔板的背包真空将能够清除大约7,400平方英尺的小时，提高生产率230％。
When compared to upright or canister vacuums, backpack vacuums are more ergonomic, reducing fatigue and helping your team to do more.
自主地板洗涤器
Autonomous floor scrubbers, the most advanced type of floor scrubbers, remove manual labor from floor cleaning.
Unlikewalk-behind, stand-on, and ride-on automatic floor scrubbers,autonomous floor scrubbers clean your facility’s floors without needing someone to operate it.
Autonomous floor scrubbers operate by following preprogrammed or selected cleaning routes.
鉴于其能够映射最有效的清洁路线并将其存放以供将来清洁，因此由于路线的一致性，这台机器可以实现更大的清洁结果。
而且，由于您的员工不需要驾驶AutoScrubber，您的团队可以自由地完成其他需要更精确的清洁任务。
稀释控制系统
If you’re not using RTU (ready-to-use) cleaning chemicals, your staff is likely having to take the time to carefully dilute, or measure out the appropriate amounts of chemicals and water.
Requiring your staff to manually dilute chemicals properly takes time and can often lead to mistakes.
Both under-concentrated and over-concentrated chemical solutions can be dangerous.
For example, disinfectant solutions that are over-concentrated will not kill germs effectively. Ineffective disinfection can lead to increased illness and infection in your facility.
另一方面，过强的化学物质也可能是危险的。它们可能对您的员工和建筑物中的人员有害，并损害应用它们的表面。
Dilution control systems are the most cost-effective way to make sure your cleaning chemicals are accurately diluted. With a dilution system, your staff does not have to free-pour chemicals, which reduces the risk of your staff spilling or splashing themselves.
Using mobile dispensing sprayers and dilution control systems can help your staff cut down on the amount of time they spend preparing solutions to the correct dilution ratio to avoid injury, unnecessary rework, and damages.
Mobile Dispensing Systems
Mobile dispensing systems combine the dilution process on the go. They have a chemical reservoir which is paired with either a water reservoir or some source of water and is mixed and diluted as they are used. These sprayers create a seamless cleaning experience for your staff.
Instead of having to manually dilute cleaning products, all your staff has to do is ensure both the water and chemical is connected to the device. When the cleaning product is dispensed, it will already be diluted with the appropriate amount of water.
Mobile dispensing units are portable and can be used around your facility since they don’t require a fixed water source, like wall-mounted dilution systems.
Wall-Mounted Dilution Control System
对于高容量稀释，化学稀释控制系统可以安装在设施的墙壁上，为更大的清洁项目产生更大的稀释解决方案。
随着稀释控制系统的使用，您的员工将能够为各种清洁程序分配即用的清洁解决方案，包括地板清洁，设备消毒或洗手间维护。
您所有的员工都必须确保化学品和水正确连接到系统。
安装在墙上的稀释控制系统需要访问ss to a fixed water source, like a faucet, for dilution. These systems cannot be moved and should be used to fill spray bottles, buckets, and other containers.
Microfiber Cloths
Microfiber cloths provide your janitorial staff with the power to perform cleaning procedures more efficiently and with greater efficacy.
通过去除棉布和纸巾不能的土壤，可以提供比其他清洁布更深的干净。
微纤维是合成纤维的混合物，如聚酯和尼龙，它们一起编织在一起以产生网状表面。这使得它们非常有效地吸收和捕获水分，污垢，细菌和其他粒子。
而且，微纤维布也可以保持最多8倍的重量，使它们含有细菌，因为它们通过表面而不是传播它们。
To lower the risk of cross-contamination and achieve greater productivity, there is disposable microfiber. This means that it is a one-time use cloth or mop that can be disposed of after use.
Without laundering, staff can dispose of used cloths and move onto the next cleaning task.
Electrostatic Disinfection
Disinfection can be a time-consuming process, especially in large areas with a lot of high-touch surfaces or hard-to-reach spaces.
通常，每个表面必须手动消毒。
However, by utilizing electrostatic technology, your staff can apply disinfectant to hard surfaces from 2-6 feet away. All your staff has to do is point and spray.
Due to the positively charged nature of the droplets, they are attracted to the negatively charged objects, allowing for full 360-degree coverage.
Without needing to rearrange items or manually apply disinfectant, your staff can disinfectup to 5x moresquare feet per hour.
Pro提示：什么是静电技术？静电技术is the process of spraying positively charged liquid onto surfaces, which are negatively charged. The positively charged particles are attracted to the surfaces leading to an even spread and adherence to the surface.
3.提供正式的janitorial培训
有时可能发生错误,导致你的staff needing to complete reworks.
When reworks are needed often, it may be a sign that your team could benefit from formal janitorial training.
Introducing正式的janitorial培训to your cleaning staff can teach them the correct and most efficient ways to clean.
当您的员工收到培训时，它们配备了有关如何最佳使用清洁工具和设备的最新信息。
It's important to understand that formal janitorial training is different from in-house training.
Formal Janitorial Training vs. In-house Janitorial Training
It is common practice for veteran staff to teachnew employeeswhat to do and how to do it.
However, when your veteran staff teaches your newer employees there’s a possibility that outdated or incorrect practices are being passed on. This is because your staff can only teach what they know or what they were taught.
With in-house training, there’s a possibility that your veteran staff have acquired bad cleaning or maintenance practices or are using outdated procedures.
不正确的做法可能导致：
- 误伤
- Mistakes During Cleaning and Maintenance
- Damage to Equipment, Furniture, And Fixtures
- Increased Reworks
- Decreased Building Cleanliness
With formal training, your staff will be taught the correct protocols and procedures for cleaning and maintenance tasks like cleaning and disinfecting. And, they’ll get the chance to learn the latest steps for each procedure.
With an understanding of what to do and how to do it, fewer mistakes will be made. By reducing the number of mistakes your team makes, they are able to achieve more because there are fewer reworks.
4. Standardize Cleaning Protocols with SOPs
Standardized operating procedures(安抚)是你staf保证的一个重要部分f has all of the necessary tools to clean efficiently. Having established SOPs in your facility can eliminate the guesswork for your team.
SOPs are a written standard for cleaning procedures that outlines the proper steps for cleaning areas within your facility.
Well-written SOPs tell your staff all of the necessary tools, personal protection equipment, commercial cleaning supplies, and protocols that should be used to clean an area. It will also tell your staff the order of actions to ensure that everything is cleaned thoroughly and properly.
Standard operating procedures give your team the benefits of:
- Reduced reworks caused by mistakes
- Clarity on how to properly clean each area of your facility
- Increased confidence due to knowing exactly what is expected of them
With the implementation of SOPs, your staff will have the ability to be more productive because they know the most efficient way to complete cleaning expectations.
最后的想法
There are several ways to increase the efficiency of your staff.
自主设备可以帮助减少完成常规清洁任务的时间。包括清洁计划中的自主设备可以减轻单调的清洁任务的负担，释放您的员工更详细的清洁。
Another step you can take to get more done is ensuring you are providing your staff with the right equipment to produce the most optimal results. When your staff is equipped with the right tools to complete a job, they can produce the best results.
Additionally, formal janitorial training can give your team the information they need to complete thorough cleaning in less time and with minimal errors.
Establishing SOPs for your cleaning program creates standard routines for your staff to follow in order to achieve a consistent clean every single time.
EBP has been a leading provider of commercial cleaning solutions for over 100 years and we offer a variety of cleaning and janitorial equipment to meet all of your facility’s cleaning needs.
联系An.EBP专家today to see how you can optimize your cleaning team’s cleaning protocols to help them achieve more.
