TOMORROW’S CLEANING OCTOBER 09
T h e f u t u r e o f o u r c l e a n i n g i n d u s t r y
TO
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pports and e
ndorses:
Nilfisk launches new service IT platform
Keeping track of machine movements across hundreds The Engineers receive details of new service visits via the
www.abcdsp.org.uk
of sites is a common and costly problem for major PDA, once accepted the system registers information live
Cleaning Contractors. time and shows the engineer as en-route. The PDA can
www.assetskills.org
Nilfisk Advance have invested in an all encompassing
call a client on site and acts as a 3 mega-pixel camera.
service IT platform. The system called N-sure sets out to Once on site the Engineer uses a scanning device to scan
www.bacsnet.org provide clients with live, transparent information on all the RFID tag confirming serial number information. The
machines and all sites nationwide. scanning device will immediately identify if the machine
www
.bach
e.org.uk
At the core of the system are handheld PDA’s carried
has moved from the original location.
by both the 46 strong engineering team and 30 direct When works are completed the engineer enters details
sales heads. and captures the client signature on the PDA screen. Jobs
www.bics.org.uk
All machines are fitted with a Radio Frequency
are identified as complete, parts on order, loan machine
Identification tag on installation, which will record the
required and auto prompts for PAT testing are standard.
machines history for life. All information is accessed live time at the Nilfisk head
www.britishcleaningcouncil.org
office allowing parts to be ordered immediately, often
saving up to 24 hours.
Each client has an individual internet portal allowing them
www.britloos.co.uk
to see both breakdown and maintenance progress across
all sites live time. Key Performance Indicators such as first
time fix rate, breakdowns per site and same day call outs
www.cieh.org
can be easily monitored.
www.nilfisk.co.uk
www.chsa.co.uk
www.cleaningindustry.org
Tomorrow’s World Too clean?
www.encams.org
Not all of us may remember It has been said that children who grow up on farms or
the weird and wonderful BBC spend most of their time rolling about in mud and
series Tomorrow’s World, but climbing trees are less likely to develop allergies such
raining DVD
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as footage of the programme as hay fever or asthma.
www.environmental-cleaners.com
The Federation o
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has been released from the
It is also believed that there is such thing as too clean. In
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BBC archives for us all to enjoy, we thought we would
our bid to keep clean, it seems that some of us over-use
dow cleaners. E
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www.f-w-c.co.uk
pay tribute to the fantastically named show and look at
ing technology assessing danger and avoiding
disinfectant products which is partly to blame for the
some of the best technology that was demonstrated for
potentially lethal accidents must still be key
recent allergy boom.
considerations.
the very first time on Tomorrow’s World.
The new video which was funded by a grant
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cmma.org.uk
Is this really the case? Is a little dirt good every once
The home computer, the mobile telephone, the compact
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disk, the fax machine - all of these inventions that we could
video illustrates how to get the most out of
not fathom life without made their debut on the show.
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Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene told the BBC: “There
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Peter garden was a useful outdoor location, which also
is no evidence at all for this. However much we clean our
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homes we are still constantly exposed to microbes.”
use and the potential consequences of getting
saw the debut of anti-graffiti paint and soil compaction at
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Sherwood Forest. It was also reported that a spokeswoman from Allergy UK
Copies of the DVD are available from the FWC
www.rwmexhibition.com said: “There is some truth in the hygiene hypothesis.
at £15.00 plus vat for members and £35.00
From a time when most of us would have got the giggles
plus vat for non-members. For more informa-
at a the mention of a pocket-sized computer, we now
Certainly, little Johnny playing in the mud and growing
www.ukc
k
pi.org
up on a farm may be more healthy than other children.
tion contact the FWC on telephone 0161 432
have the internet (thank you!), dongles, laptops, email
8754 or email
info@f-w-c.co.uk
www
.f-w-
and of course, digital magazines. Sure, technology isn’t
And we are probably mollycoddling our children a little
c.co.uk
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always successful – I am not sure that a talking toilet will
too much.”
www.ukha.co.uk
ever hit it off with me - but thank goodness all the same. Whatever the answer, I don’t think I will be abandoning
www.woolsafe.org
For where would we be without it? my cleaning caddy just yet!
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