Whether you are a Building Service Contractor or an internal
operation providing cleaning services within your own organization you may be
considering obtaining a CIMS certification. What does that involve? What are
the advantages of being CIMS certified?
What is CIMS Certification?
CIMS stands for "Cleaning Industry Management
Standard".
Congratulations to Teresa Pangallo, our September Team
Member of the Month! Teresa is a supervisor for SMO in Forest City, NC. She has been with SMO since
June, 2016. She was nominated by her Account Manager, Ben Hawkins, who said ‘Teresa always
gets excellent inspection scores, has great customer rapport and a great
attitude.’ David Murphy, SMO President,
added “We are very thankful to have Teresa and her team as part of the SMO
family. She does a great job in leading her
team to care about the cleanliness of our customers facilities”.
In last week's post, 6 Myths About Green Cleaning Part 1,we
discussed three of the top six Green Cleaning myths. In this post we will
review the other three myths that continue to create misinformation and confusion.
4. Green
Cleaning Products Are Not As Effective As Non-Green Products
In the early days of the green cleaning
industry there was some truth to this statement.
SMO is very blessed to have many long-term team members that help make us an industry leader. We would like to take a moment to recognize those who will be celebrating a work anniversary in March. We arevery appreciative of your hard work and dedication to SMO and thankful to have you on our team. Congratulations!
Over the past decade Green Cleaning has grown from a
niche service offering into a mature and semi-regulated industry. The use
of environmentally friendly cleaning solutions and procedures is now being
adopted on a fairly wide scale. As within any rapidly developing industry there
has been an evolution of persistent myths regarding green cleaning. What are
some of the more common green cleaning myths?
1.Our
Cleaning Program is Green Because We Use Green Certified Supplies
This is one of the most commonly held
misconceptions.
Congratulations to Charmaine Rippy, our August 2017 Team
Member of the Month! Charmaine is a Site Supervisor in Gastonia for SMO, and
has been with us since October of 2015. She was nominated by her Account
Manager, who said ‘Charmaine is always on time. She has a good attitude and is
very kind and professional with our customers.’
We asked Charmaine what she
enjoys most about her job and being part of the SMO team:
Supreme Maintenance is very serious about the
safety and well being of our team members.
Prevention of occupationally induced injuries and illnesses is of such
consequence that it will be given precedence over operating productivity. To the greatest degree possible, management
will provide all mechanical and physical protection required for personal
safety and health, but our team members bear primary responsibility for working
safely. A little common sense and
caution can prevent most accidents from occurring.
Our Safety Huddle Program provides routine safety
training to team members in the field that reinforce our safety program goals
of zero accidents and injuries.
The establishment of an effective training program is a
crucial—but often overlooked—component in the development of a high performance
custodial service. As with training in any field that requires specific
knowledge and skill sets your custodial training process should utilize the
best adult learning principals, keep safety first, and be consistent throughout
the organization. An effective custodial program for your
organization will consist of the following key elements:
1.Tell
In this phase you will be engaging your audience with
detailed descriptions of the various components of your custodial program.
SMO University will be presenting a personal
enrichment class for SMO team members to help them prepare their own
taxes. Afterwords, Sandra Savageau, CPA from Councilman Farlow
Marlowe & Co PLLC will be available to answer SMO team members tax
questions for FREE.See details below: