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January 10, 2024 9:01 AM by
Tennant Company
As a world-class producer of cutting-edge equipment and technologies for the agriculture and construction sectors, CNH Industrial knows the role innovation plays in solving the world’s greatest challenges. So, when the company recognized a need to drive cleaning efficiency, they seized the opportunity to leverage next-generation autonomous commercial floor cleaning machines to deliver unique advantage.
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Posted in Sustainability,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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December 20, 2023 10:06 AM by
Tennant Company
Businesses and organizations need to focus on how cleanliness impacts employee morale and performance. Employees come to the workplace far more often than customers and dirty floors and surfaces can downgrade their desire to give it their all. Unclean workplace environments can also drive good employees to seek work elsewhere as it reflects a company’s lack of interest in employee morale, health and job satisfaction.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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November 08, 2023 11:46 AM by
Tennant Company
In the cleaning business, the demand and urgency never stops—so it can be hard to step back and assess changes, shifts, and trends impacting your business.
What are the big changes and small shifts, major challenges, and new opportunities with Business Service Contractors (BSCs)? In this post we’re chatting with Jeremy Dieterle, Director of Customer Experience and Dave Yates, Director of Strategic Accounts about the unique (and not-so-unique) issues impacting business service contractors (BSCs) right now.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
Industry News & Trends,
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October 25, 2023 8:09 AM by
Tennant Company
Your stores aesthetics and appearance help consumers experience your brand. Entryways, aisles, checkout areas, and restrooms demonstrate your brand story from the time a customer visits your store to the moment they leave. With intense competition to bind loyal customers to your brand and attract new customers, here is how retailers can reinforce a positive brand story by consistently maintaining a high level of clean.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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September 20, 2023 8:09 AM by
Tennant Company
How can healthcare facilities navigate unprecedented levels of busyness with shrinking levels of staff? They need to strike a balance between cleaning responsibilities and important tasks by leveraging modern hospital cleaning equipment. Automating cleaning tasks can help healthcare facilities optimize cleaning processes so they can focus on critical responsibilities related to patient care.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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August 15, 2023 7:55 AM by
Tennant Company
Cleaning is a high priority in food prep locations like quick serve restaurants (QSRs), school cafeterias and the like. The traditional mop-and-bucket approach to cleaning is typically the go-to in tight, smaller spaces like food prep areas. But like many conventional practices, they evolve over time. While mops have advanced slightly over the years, there hasn’t been enough innovation to overcome the primary problem with conventional mops—they just move dirt around, not lift it.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Cleaning Challenges,
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August 02, 2023 7:25 AM by
Tennant Company
Hospital cleaning is crucial for maintaining a safe, sterile environment where patients and healthcare providers can thrive. But keeping up with all the cleaning tasks is challenging as hospital EVS staff and BSCs have to balance increased workload with cleaning responsibilities. Factor in persisting labor shortages, and the challenges mount exponentially. That’s why hospitals need to embrace the revolution occurring with automation for hospital cleaning equipment.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Cleaning Challenges,
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April 05, 2023 7:36 AM by
Tennant Company
There’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all when it comes to keeping industrial floors clean. That’s because manufacturing environments have myriad spaces—large and small—that need to be kept clean, sanitary, and inviting. Keeping all these spaces clean and safe requires a wide range of specialized industrial cleaning machines.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Cleaning Challenges,
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October 19, 2022 9:12 AM by
Tennant Company
Automation will never replace human effort for high-touch areas. Sparkling entryways and shining windows are what make your facility stand out — and automation is just another tool to get you there. Discover how floor cleaners from Tennant Company can help that effort.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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September 21, 2022 10:48 AM by
Tennant Company
Whether a retail store is decorating early or holding off for more traditional timing, it’s essential to have a plan for retail cleaning. Heavy traffic in the store entryways, aisles, checkout areas, and restrooms can quickly turn shining, clean floors into dirty, grimy surfaces that diminish the overall store appearance and the customer experience.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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July 20, 2022 11:38 AM by
Tennant Company
Your staff is adept at addressing the daily cleaning needs of your facility — but are they ready for unforeseen demands of floor cleaning challenges? Heavy soils, cleaning tight spaces, varying flooring surfaces, and unique facilities can all pose scary cleaning challenges. Read on to discover what those tough-to-clean spaces and spills are — and how Tennant Company floor cleaning equipment can help you conquer them.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Innovation & Technology,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 11, 2022 4:09 PM by
Tennant Company
When it comes to floor cleaning solutions, one size doesn’t fit all. Mechanized mops and walk-behind floor cleaners can help clean tight spaces like bathrooms, kitchens, entryways, hospital rooms and more.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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April 27, 2022 11:40 AM by
Tennant Company
Floor cleaning for 3PL warehouses can pose unique challenges due to constantly moving inventory and vast size. Learn how autonomous floor cleaners from Tennant Company can help protect inventory and divert staff labor.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 30, 2022 10:00 AM by
Tennant Company
Automated floor scrubbers equipped with Lithium-ion batteries from Tennant Company can extend running time and stretch staff.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Innovation & Technology,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 23, 2022 3:00 PM by
Tennant Company
Is your school or district is looking to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your floor care program? Here are seven key questions you should consider to get started today.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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November 04, 2021 9:30 AM by
Tennant Company
It seems like a perfect storm as labor shortages in every industry are driving up costs and causing havoc. However, a new breed of sophisticated robotic floor scrubbers is proving one of the most powerful solutions to help directly address the imbalance of rising cleaning demands and limited labor resources. Therefore, it’s crucial to understand how these new robotic floor scrubbers can best support human staff and address a wide range of labor challenges.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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September 01, 2021 11:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Clean floors are the foundation of a thriving facility, but the familiarity with floor cleaning can lead to mistakes. Make sure you’re not falling into these seven common mistakes.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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July 27, 2021 8:00 AM by
Tennant Company
Every season (and weather that accompanies it) brings unique outdoor cleaning challenges. Here are five things you can focus on to make outdoor cleaning effective year-round.
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Posted in Productivity,
Sustainability,
Best Practices,
Industry News & Trends,
Cleaning Challenges,
Outdoor Cleaning,
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May 26, 2021 9:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Have you ever considered how your floor cleaning equipment expenses impact your company’s bottom line? Learn more about purchasing options for various floor care equipment.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 19, 2021 9:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Properly maintaining your cleaning equipment is one of the most critical things you can do to ensure optimal cleaning performance. Use these resources to help you keep tabs on your equipment’s maintenance needs.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 12, 2021 9:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Floor cleaning tools have gotten better over time, but which ones are most important? See what we recommend to include in your essential floor cleaning toolkit.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 06, 2021 9:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Personal Protective Equipment gained unprecedented levels of popularity in 2020. While it has always been important in the cleaning industry, here’s why the additional awareness was a good thing.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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April 20, 2021 9:15 AM by
Tennant Company
Our customer service team fielded nearly 240,000 calls over the past year, so we asked them about the most frequently asked questions, and share the answers.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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April 07, 2021 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
Learn how to leverage mechanized floor cleaning technologies to more efficiently keep floors clean, earn customer trust and drive measurable business value.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 31, 2021 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
If you’re new to the cleaning industry, the different types of floor cleaning equipment and what they do can cause confusion. This post will explain the types of cleaning equipment and the applications in which to use them.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 24, 2021 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
There are a lot of rules for how to properly clean laminate flooring — for some help remembering them, just think about how cleaning laminate flooring is like doing the laundry.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 17, 2021 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
The T16AMR robotic floor cleaning machine is the first robotic scrubber designed specifically for large warehousing and 3PL facilities. Offering big productivity for big spaces, the T16AMR can help your business achieve results-driven cleaning.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Best Practices,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Innovation & Technology,
Cleaning Challenges,
Industry News & Trends,
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March 10, 2021 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
Robotic floor cleaning equipment can offer many benefits for a variety of facility types and industries. Learn about the ways robotic floor scrubbers can help your business, no matter which industry you work in.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Innovation & Technology,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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December 01, 2020 8:00 AM by
Tennant Company
Robots are being designed for all kinds of cleaning tasks today. From industrial cleaning robots to residential ones, we explore some of the robots that can change our lives.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Sustainability,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
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November 09, 2020 8:00 AM by
Tennant Company
It’s easy to see why many people enlist the help of wet-dry vacuums for cleaning up spills and messes around their homes — here’s why it can help in commercial and institutional settings.
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Posted in Staffing & Personnel,
Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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August 21, 2020 8:00 AM by
Tennant Company
A ride-on carpet sweeper makes for efficient floor cleaning, but it might not be right for every facility. Learn how this machine can make floor care more productive for your custodial team.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Innovation & Technology,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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July 23, 2020 8:00 AM by
Tennant Company
The life of your cleaning machines depends on the vigilance of you and your team members throughout three phases of its use: before, during, and after. Paying attention to each of these phases can make a big difference.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Staffing & Personnel,
Productivity,
Cleaning Challenges,
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July 06, 2020 3:15 PM by
Tennant Company
Students might get the summer off, but maintenance staff certainly don’t. There’s a whole lot that needs to get done in the summer, so here are some tips that can help you make sure you get to all of it.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Cleaning Challenges,
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June 26, 2020 12:15 PM by
Tennant Company
Floor machines/floor buffers are flexible cleaning machines that can help you in a variety of ways. Take a step back and make sure you’re making the most of your floor machine by using the appropriate floor pads for various tasks.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Cleaning Challenges,
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June 08, 2020 12:15 PM by
Tennant Company
When it comes to cleaning technology, advancements have led to more productive, efficient workforces and safer and cleaner spaces. Here are five trends and innovations in cleaning products that are making us feel like we’re living in the future.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Innovation & Technology,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 19, 2020 3:45 PM by
Tennant Company
Is a floor cleaning machine right for you? There are a number of reasons why your floors might be telling you that they’re ready for a deeper, more specialized clean than they’re currently getting.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Productivity,
Innovation & Technology,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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April 01, 2020 8:05 AM by
Tennant Company
Top trends and innovations in the Internet of Things are improving robotic cleaning equipment, fleet management and data capabilities for cleaning businesses.
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Posted in Cleaning Solutions,
Innovation & Technology,
Robotic Cleaning Machines,
Cleaning Challenges,
Industry News & Trends,
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January 08, 2020 9:50 AM by
Tennant Company
Squeegee maintenance is an important component of clean, safe floors in your facility. Ensure you’re properly caring for your cleaning machine's squeegee blades with our squeegee maintenance tips.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Industry News & Trends,
Cleaning Challenges,
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February 27, 2019 8:30 AM by
Tennant Company
Dirt, debris and clutter can impact warehouse efficiency. Read these tips to help you plan cleaning processes to contribute to efficient business operations.
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Posted in Productivity,
Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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May 10, 2018 8:45 AM by
Tennant Company
As costs increase for water and wastewater services, water saving efficiencies are yet another way companies can improve their sustainability initiatives and significantly reduce operating costs.
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Posted in Sustainability,
Cleaning Challenges,
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March 19, 2018 8:45 AM by
Tennant Company
While polished concrete floors are relatively maintenance free, it’s still important to provide regular care. Download our retail eBook for best practices.
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Posted in Best Practices,
Cleaning Challenges,
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November 06, 2017 8:35 AM by
Tennant Company
First impressions can make or break a customer’s experience in your store. Learn how to make a great one with our Guide to Shine blog series.
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Posted in Cleaning Challenges,
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November 02, 2017 9:12 AM by
Tennant Company
The air we breathe indoors can be as toxic as the air we breathe outside. Use these tips to proactively maintain the indoor air quality of your facility.
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Posted in Health & Safety,
Cleaning Challenges,
