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Local authorities break promises
16th of June 2023 Article by Christian Bouzols
The French association FEP is unhappy about the value of public contracts, reports Christian Bouzols.
For some time now, the French cleaning federation (FEP) has been complaining to the public procurement authorities that they haven’t kept their promises to increase the value of their cleaning contracts.
n the context of the government’s intention to re-visit ..
Are we drowning in data?
6th of June 2023 Article by Lynn Webster
Lynn Webster in the UK asks if a more data driven approach over-complicates the cleaning process.
The traditional approaches to cleaning specifications have long been either an input style or outcome led service models, along with some hybrids of the two. The need to develop alternative means of capturing the operational details are changing.
Service providers are seeking that extra value opportunity for clients. This inc..
New tool measures perception
18th of May 2023 Article by John Griep
VSR director John Griep tells us about a new measurement tool that focuses on perception.
VSR and industry organisation Schoonmakend Nederland have commissioned the development of a new measurement tool. This instrument measures the perception of cleanliness by premises users. This is somewhat different from cleaning quality, which is already measured with VSR-KMS. Why does VSR consider cleanliness so important that we create mea..
Feel-good trilogy with an edge
10th of May 2023 Article by Lotte Printz
Lotte Printz in Denmark talks to Estrid Dyekjær, a novelist who criticise tender systems in her books.
“I have this song in my head, ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’ (1936 song by George Formby)…,” Estrid Dyekjær bursts out enthusiastically when I first get her on the phone.
“And it makes me so happy whenever cleaners are being acclaimed, instead of being portrayed as in &..
Manufacturing - a specialist market for cleaning providers
27th of April 2023 Article by Christian Bouzols
Beyond the training of cleaners, the purchase of equipment and the need to innovate, those contractors who want to work for industrial clients need to develop a specific set of skills.
Outsourcing of cleaning services by industrial companies is a real and growing business in France.
At the Onet group a special unit has been set up to handle industrial and general services. Grégory Lachet, the man in charge of this uni..
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