ISSA Show North America 2019 is heating up in Las Vegas — even though Day 2 is kicking off with a rare rainstorm. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by Booth 574 to say hi! One of the best parts of ISSA is all of the education and expertise being Read more…
Judy Gillies is the president of The Surge Group, a cleaning consulting company in Toronto. She’s a CPA who has found the jump from finance to janitorial a natural fit. “Cleaning is a lot about numbers,” she says. When businesses ignore that, they do so at their own peril. Today, Read more…
We first met Johnathan Winters, the Associate Director of Residential Services for Northwestern University, at an ISSA conference back in 2012. At that point, the Residential Services team was still doing inspections on paper, and he was looking to take things digital. We’ve been working together ever since. Johnathan recently Read more…
Want to improve your cleaning quality? Need to know how things are really going on-site — over time, without bias? Janitorial inspections are the key. First: What are janitorial quality control inspections, and why do them? At their most basic, a janitorial or facility inspection is an evaluation of the Read more…
Jeff Gilkey is an industry veteran. He’s the Manager of Custodial & Safety Services at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he started nearly 14 years ago; before that, he was a housekeeping manager in the healthcare field. During that time, he’s seen a lot of change. “For years, I just Read more…
It’s been months in the making, and we’re so excited to share it with you! The latest version of the OrangeQC mobile janitorial inspection app for iOS devices makes managing quality control even simpler. The new version (3.7.0, if you’re counting) was designed based on your feedback. It takes the Read more…
Airport housekeeping and janitorial teams face a huge challenge: keeping enormous facilities clean despite round-the-clock traffic. We talked to one of our OrangeQC clients about how they use the latest technology to rise to the occasion. Around the world, airport facility teams are dealing with unprecedented traffic. Total passengers were Read more…
What would a former President of the United States have to say to the cleaning and janitorial industry? That’s what we wondered when we found out that President George W. Bush was going to be at ISSA Show North America 2018. He and ISSA Director John Barrett hosted an informal Read more…
ISSA Show North America 2018 is wrapping up in Dallas today, and so far, we’ve had a blast meeting new people, saying ‘hi’ to our clients, and showing off our janitorial inspection software and app. If you’re at the show, please stop by! So far, it’s been a great show. Read more…
We work with all sorts of cleaning, janitorial, and maintenance teams here at OrangeQC. They range from small, family-run businesses where the boss makes the coffee to huge BSCs that employ hundreds of people to clean entire airports. There’s one crucial thing that every business we work with has to Read more…