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SMART CLEANING

Workplaces of Tomorrow

Workplaces are undergoing a radical transformation. According to
Sodexo’ Workplace Trends Report 2018, Millennials are increasingly

looking forward to a more interactive experience -- better
engagement, improved collaboration with colleagues and being
more emotionally connected with their work, team, superiors and

consumers. Organisations are quickly recognising this trend; they
now promote exceptional employee experience, the perks being
enhanced employee loyalty, low attrition, better productivity and
revenue. Among the many factors that affect a positive employee
experience, cleanliness of the workplace is at the forefront

Downfall of ancient cleaning cleanliness of workplaces was consolidated at the end of
methods an extremely tedious manual the month. This delayed the

Keeping the workplace process. Details of work process of report generation
clean and hygienic has always execution had to be entered and subsequently invoicing. It
had several loopholes too. For
been a necessary part of office on paper on a daily basis, instance:
management. Traditionally, authenticated and signed by • The manual cleaning
supervising and managing the a supervisor, and the details
process was monotonous
and was mandatorily done
at regular intervals, even
if there was no footfall in
between. This led to wastage
of cleaning resources.
• There were no checks to
ascertain the authenticity of
the daily reports.
• There was also no provision
for client complaint and
redressal in real time.
But gradually, with the
advent of new technologies,
organisations realised that the
traditional had to be replaced
with digital, to make the entire
system more efficient and
streamlined. The requirement
was for Smart Cleaning.

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