Clean Smarter, Not Harder: How To Optimise Resources And Empower Employees With Data-Driven Cleaning Solutions
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to prove its potential to transform the cleaning and facility services industry. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the expectations on hygiene standards and regulations in public facilities are higher than ever1 – as are the demands put on cleaning staff and managers. To remain competitive, businesses need to adopt new ways of working and re-think how to manage their resources. Driving this change are revolutionary, data-driven cleaning systems like Tork Vision Cleaning by Tork®.
Data-driven cleaning solutions utilise sensors placed throughout facilities to collect data about visitor numbers, traffic flow, cleaning needs and refill levels in real-time. This gives cleaners and managers access to actionable data on things like immediate cleaning needs and dispenser stock levels, reducing the time spent on manual checks and saving valuable staff hours in the process.
Data-driven cleaning creates value by harnessing data to gain insights and solve specific business challenges. For example, many companies are searching for ways to cut costs at a time when profit margin pressure is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, labour costs make up an estimated 70-75% of total costs for the average facility cleaning business2. Managers rely heavily on their staff, but employee turnover and absenteeism are prevalent and expensive, and new hygiene protocols require time-consuming training. Cleaning staff must now perform additional cleaning with the same or often fewer resources, and optimising those resources is a top priority for most businesses.
This can be nearly impossible without up-to-date and objective information on cleaning needs. Fortunately, data-driven cleaning solutions empower cleaning teams and facility managers to work more effectively and make better decisions. Putting the data in the hands of cleaners can help them ensure dispensers are stocked 99% of the time3, achieve faster resolution times and save up to 20% of cleaning hours4 – a concrete example of the value of IoT.
In the past, organisations have tried to boost efficiency by putting greater demand on their workforce. However, labour scarcity, staff turnover and absenteeism, and the high business costs related to this make it critical to keep employees happy and engaged. Data-driven solutions instead help businesses prioritise workforce wellbeing by putting technology in the hands of cleaners and managers. Working smarter and being in control of the workload leads to a more balanced working situation and a better cleaning quality at the end of each shift. The core of data-driven cleaning is advanced technology and connectivity, but its value lies in what it enables the humans who use it to do.
Tork Vision Cleaning has been proven to ensure that dispensers are stocked 99% of the time, reducing dispenser checks by 91% and saving hundreds of staff hours per year5. In a survey of Tork Vision Cleaning customers, 100% said data-driven cleaning helps them improve hygiene on their site6. Customers can choose between three data-driven cleaning offers that best suit their specific cleaning operations (Facility Flow, Refill on Demand, or Customised Cleaning). Find your ideal solution at www.tork.co.uk/vision-cleaning.
1. Survey conducted by United Minds in cooperation with CINT in March 2021. The survey covered seven markets: UK, USA, China, Germany, France, Spain and Sweden. In total, 7063 answered the survey.
2. Jan Stegmann (2017), Koll pa laget! Ansvar for lokalvard.
3. Measured across nearly 13,000 connected dispensers between June-December 2019, based on time per month that a dispenser is in an empty status against total time per month.
4. Based on the documented results achieved by three Tork Vision Cleaning customers, measured before and after the implementation of Tork Vision Cleaning.
5. Based on customer feedback for dispenser checks over 6 months before vs after installing Tork Vision Cleaning (between June-December 2019). Measured across 16 sites connected to Tork Vision Cleaning, with each dispenser check taking approx. 20 seconds.
6. Based on survey results conducted in March 2021 of 34 current Tork Vision Cleaning customers in Europe and North America.
NOTE: Tork Vision Cleaning was formerly known as Tork EasyCube®.
