2005-2006
Textile Care Processing and Distribution
Benchmarking Cost Analysis
By Ken Tyler

As analysis, consultants and various levels of internal management continue to complicate and re-engineer laundry operational cost scenarios, it is apparent that laundry and facility managers require a revised cost benchmarking rule of thumb that will assist them in marketing their operations.  For example, justification for new systems, new product reviews, a new facility, obtaining new customers and probably the most important, comparing variable cost which should reflect decisions to continue in house operations or to examine the parables of outsourcing management, operations, linen rental and transportation.  It is quite apparent that large laundry and linen rental consortiums that deal specifically with healthcare and hospitality markets are becoming more competitive as business trends escalate.

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A Breath Of Fresh Air: Saint Francis Hospital And Medical Center’s Envirosaver Il Ozone Installation
By Jamie Kiffel

It cuts heating costs and chemical needs, helps the environment, saves money, freshens the air and produces brighter whites. “It” is ozone—essentially, electrically charged air—and the laundry at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, has recently
discovered how powerful it can be.

“The reason we went in this direction is we realized that costs to run a laundry can be outrageous, and we needed to do all we could to make sure everything ran as efficiently as possible,” says Mark Arcelaschi, General Manager. “Already, the savings are significant.”

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