Something Special this Week!
Friday, November 22 begins the long-awaited Canadian Fabricare Association CleanExpo 24 in Toronto. We’ve publicized it for months, urged you to sign up and go, and now… it’s happening.
We’ll be posting reports all during the convention, so check back here throughout the weekend to see familiar faces, get a flavor of the presentations and discussions, and (if you’re still home) realize why you need to be there next year.
A special page has been designated for the reports, so click this link frequently to read the latest!
INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST COLUMNIST!
Francis Flair
We are very excited to introduce the newest columnist to Fabricare Canada‘s pages! Francis Flair will be bringing you monthly columns on Superior Customer Experience, Employee Engagement, and Leadership Principles.
Francis is President and CEO of Flair Consulting Group, a firm that helps visionary leaders and their teams avoid workplace drama and elevate customer satisfaction.
Welcome, Francis!
Purpose Beyond Paychecks
How Giving Back is Reshaping Work Culture
In a time of peak talent competition, companies are discovering a surprising yet powerful tool: the act of giving back. What might seem like a simple concept is reshaping the future of work, transforming employee experiences, and redefining corporate success. The ability to give back isn’t just about corporate responsibility – it’s becoming the bedrock of a thriving, modern workplace.
The Attitude of Gratitude
Making Your Community Impact Visible!
Fall months are a time traditionally associated with gratitude. For this month, I’m focusing on how your business’s involvement in the community can strengthen local ties and serve as a powerful marketing tool. Supporting charities and community initiatives is an opportunity to highlight your commitment to social responsibility while enhancing customer loyalty. Here are a few ways to ensure your community involvement gets noticed.
Uber Great Show!
Our intrepid Kevin Marois traveled to Frankfurt, Germany for the TexCare 2024 show, and had an uber great time. He saw things he’d never seen, ran into lots of people he knew, and made some new friends along the way. See what he saw in his special report.
A Mountain of Laundry at the 5-star Broadmoor
What do you do with a 5,000-acre resort that has 784 rooms, dining and other facilities, and generates a literal mountain of laundry every day? If you’re smart, you think long and hard about your equipment options, and round up the best possible team to handle it all.
That’s what happened at The Broadmoor, the 10th best resort in all of the US. Find out what they’re running, and how it’s working out for them.
Customer Service Manager
Kannegiesser Canada inc. has a true passion for making our customer’s operations better and providing innovative solutions to the challenges of modern commercial laundry automation.
READ THE DETAILS ON OUR JOBS PAGE…
NOVEMBER 2024 FOCUS: Giving Back
Throughout November, we will feature articles that dig into the fabric of generosity. Every day there are companies — large and small — across our industry that are making a difference in their communities and beyond by dedicating themselves to giving back.
There are many ways to give back. Effective generosity is best done with partners who bring their own fresh ideas to the table and lighten the workload. We’ll dig into how some of the most well-known programs got going, and look at surprising options to change the world for the better.
Change the World — One Load at a Time
LaundryCares Foundation
When the Coin Laundry Association (CLA) set out to help its members make a difference in their communities, they thought small — and very big! Knowing that laundromat customers spend hours every time they visit, and often bring their restless children with them, the association launched LaundryCares. The program puts learning nooks, books, and other materials into coin laundry locations so children can read, draw, play and grow while the laundry gets done.
It sounds like a simple concept, but there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. We asked Brian Wallace, president of CLA, to share with us how the program got started, what the results have been, and how individual coin laundries can get involved.
Purpose Beyond Paychecks
How Giving Back is Reshaping Work Culture
In a time of peak talent competition, companies are discovering a surprising yet powerful tool: the act of giving back. What might seem like a simple concept is reshaping the future of work, transforming employee experiences, and redefining corporate success. The ability to give back isn’t just about corporate responsibility – it’s becoming the bedrock of a thriving, modern workplace.
The Attitude of Gratitude
Making Your Community Impact Visible!
Fall months are a time traditionally associated with gratitude. For this month, I’m focusing on how your business’s involvement in the community can strengthen local ties and serve as a powerful marketing tool. Supporting charities and community initiatives is an opportunity to highlight your commitment to social responsibility while enhancing customer loyalty. Here are a few ways to ensure your community involvement gets noticed.
OCTOBER 2024 FOCUS: Consultants in the Spotlight
If you’ve never used the services of a consultant in your business to move you to the next level, you may have a lot of misconceptions about them. This month, we’ll focus on different consultants and help you see if you can use their help in your company and it’s future.
SERIES: Consultants in the Spotlight
America’s Best Cleaners
You can’t be in the industry for long without hearing the name America’s Best Cleaners, but you may not realize what it really signifies. The consulting company offers two different, though compatible, services: Certifying top cleaners who are able to correctly process high-end fashion and other luxury items (CoutureCare Certification); and consulting on everything from production, to plant design, leadership development and skills training. ABC currently has 32 affiliates in the U.S. and Canada, and has connections to an international affiliate network elsewhere.
SERIES: Consultants in the Spotlight
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Ascend Consulting Group
Ascend Consulting Group is run by managing director Diana Vollmer. The Group seeks to aid business owners and their management teams to increase profits, company value and customer devotion. It’s a tall order that Ascend Consulting Group approaches strategically.
SERIES: Consultants in the Spotlight
Bob Corfield was looking to leverage his years of experience building and equipping laundry plants with Jensen, Washex, GA Braun, Voss Passat, and Kannegiesser equipment and to assist companies with independent consulting services for advanced automated textile processing. The result was the formation of Laundry Design Group LLC (LDG) in 2011.
SERIES: Consultants in the Spotlight
Know when to Outsource
It’s a given that you started (or took over) your business in order to do quality work, make a good living, and have a loyal following of happy customers.
What wasn’t part of the plan was that, in addition to steering the ship, you’d also be emptying the trash, keeping up with the accounting, evaluating new vendors, solving customer issues, and trying to keep technology on a leash. It’s all part of success; it’s just not what you’re excited about when you get up in the morning.
Information Technology is one area you might want to consider outsourcing. Find out why, and how.
