Articles | Bidding & Workloading


The Price is Right
Sharon L. Cowan | July 3, 2019

The most important skill a service business owner needs to learn is the art of pricing jobs profitably; profitably being the key...read more


Benchmarking Laundry
Cliff Beiser | July 1, 2019

You are tasked to “benchmark” your laundry operations and make them more efficient and profitable. You are not allowed to spend a...read more


The Domination Factor of CIMS
Jeff Cross | May 1, 2019

If you weren’t involved with the cleaning industry, you would have no idea what “CIMS” stands for. CIMS is the acronym for...read more


Workplace Harassment
Bill Balek | April 15, 2019

Over the course of the past few years, our nation has been gripped with headline coverage surrounding the prevalence of workplace sexual...read more


360 Degrees of Cleaning
Joan Weis | October 22, 2018

Welcome to the ISSA Show North America 2018—and Dallas. Wow, what a great city! In the decades since the ISSA Show has...read more


Six Ways to Save With Smarter Cleaning
Dave Mesko | October 16, 2018

There’s a difference between cleaning hard and cleaning smart: Both can be effective, but only one can give you a consistent level...read more


Creating More Productive Cleaning Schedules
Caden Hutchens | October 10, 2018

In this digital age, the use of technology plays an unprecedented role in solving issues like staff productivity or impressing clients. According...read more


Bidding in the Age of Sustainability
William Griffin | September 10, 2018

Companies and contractors are adopting sustainable cleaning as the new way of doing business, and have found it to be a good...read more