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Low-cost Opportunities for Direct Labor Employee Retention

AMARILLO, Texas — Creating an atmosphere of engagement, appreciation for workers ...

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Summertime Fire Season Escalation, Prevention

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Team diligence with processes, procedures can help reduce risk ...
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Preparing Plants to Operate in Summer Heat

TULSA, Okla. — Author provides checklist from errant heat generation to exhaust fans ...

Reevaluating Methods, Instruments of Hourly Employee Acquisition

AMARILLO, Texas — Author shares changes in demographics of candidates compared to pre-pandemic applicants ...
Mitigating Rising Energy Costs

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Author unpacks key areas to help improve an operation’s bottom line ...
New Year, New Goals, New Challenges

TULSA, Okla. — 2023 ‘waiting for us like a blank canvas waiting for paint’ ...
Life’s a Dance, You Learn as You Go: Crisis Management

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Prepare for emergencies during quiet times, author says ...
Continuing Laundry Operation Water Usage Improvement

TULSA, Okla. — Author highlights three levels of reduction laundries can make ...
Getting Back to Business Post-pandemic

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Author says engineers, operators need to work with manufacturers to develop solutions ...
Steps to Recover from Major, Destructive Flooding

TULSA, Okla. — Columnist shares firsthand experience for processing, recovery after flooding ...
Rebuilding Your Plant Operations Teams Post-Pandemic

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Columnist offers key areas, special efforts to help during rebuilding process ...
No Easy Button in Laundry

TULSA, Okla. — One of biggest issues faced in laundries is handling of linen that never leaves facility ...
My Final Goodbye

ROANOKE, Va. — After more than 22 years, Eric Frederick signs off as columnist at large ...
Advice to Young Laundry Professionals

ROANOKE, Va. — Author writes, more open you are, more you will learn, better you can make operation ...
Specialty Item Strategy

ROANOKE, Va. — Author says considering, making reasonable responses on special linens creates partnership ...
Hard Things Are Worth Doing!

ROANOKE, Va. — Those who embrace change, develop procedures thrive, author writes ...
Developing a Dedicated Crew

ROANOKE, Va. — Author says creating loyalty ‘is a daily task and not just a thank-you lunch on special days’ ...
Consistent Challenge: Effective Management

ROANOKE, Va. — Employees expect fair treatment, everyone to play by same set of rules ...
Thankful, Engaged, Moving Forward

ROANOKE, Va. — ‘It is time to thank our employees for their efforts in making this a year worth remembering’ ...
Relieving Laundry Pressure with Humor

ROANOKE, Va. — ‘Serious jobs are not incompatible with a little humor,’ author writes ...
Best Practices for Attacking Rewash Challenges

RIPON, Wis. — Adapting processes can help laundry keep rewash numbers in check to help improve bottom line ...
Changing Seasons, Changing Business

ROANOKE, Va. — Author says laundry operators should remember life, business changes ...
Working with Selected Headhunting Companies

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Author says investing in headhunting services represents time, money saved, with right company ...

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Bryan Cutsinger, assistant professor of economics at Angelo State University in Texas, and Mike Knowles, COO of Superior Linen Service in Oklahoma, talk the economy, the possibility of recession and ways to ride out the downturn.

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