CLEANING PROGRAM EVALUATION

Whether you outsource your housekeeping or perform your cleaning in-house, you’ll want to explore how the S & B Custodial Solutions consultants can help you with your efforts to reduce cots and to achieve sustainable improvements in quality levels.

The S & B Custodial Solutions consultants will conduct an intensive study of you current cleaning program to recognize any deficiencies to determine the best possible cleaning practices. During the initial audit, the following will be evaluated:

TOTAL OPERATIONAL COSTS
The overall cost of your housekeeping operations which includes: labor, capital equipment and cleaning tools, cleaning chemicals and other cleaning supplies, consumable goods such as paper supply and liners, and all other associated overhead costs will be evaluated and benchmarked to those of the prevailing industry standards.

In addition, total cost per unit or square foot of various area types such as offices, research, manufacturing, warehousing, common areas, etc. will be evaluated and benchmarked to those of the prevailing industry standards.

PRODUCTION RATES
Employee production rates such as square foot or unit per man-hour will be evaluated. The evaluation will provide consultants with date necessary to determinate if increase or decrease in cleaning staffing is feasible.

In most instances, with adjustments in the cleaning techniques, tasks and frequencies, an increase in square feet per person has been achieved successfully. It was also achieved with a measurable increase in quality levels and in some cases the current high quality levels were maintained.

STAFFING LEVELS
In today’s fast-paced business environment, the housekeeping manager with the aid of accurate information and sophisticated custodial software will be able to determine the appropriate custodial staffing levels necessary to maintain required organizational standards.

S & B Custodial Consultants will evaluate your current custodial software and provide a recommendation for improvement in usage of all software modules.

QUALITY ASSURANCE
The S & B Custodial Consultant’s initial assessment of your facility will include quality ratings. These ratings will determine the current benchmark levels and will identify areas needing special attention. It also will help in developing continuous quality improvement goals.

The ratings are presented with powerful graphics which make it easy to read and review the snapshot of your current appearance levels.

COMPLIANCE
For those organizations which are required to comply with regulatory requirements, it is very important to have appropriate cleaning specifications as required documentation of all performed tasks and their frequencies.

The S & B Custodial Consultants staff has extensive experience in providing consulting services and set cleaning process in environments regulated by FDA or preparing environment for the JCAHO inspections.

In addition to regulatory compliance, when cleaning services are outsourced, it is very important to review and monitor your contractor compliance to the cleaning specs and required quality levels. We are able to provide you with an independent assessment and report on on-going basis.