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focus has companies and their products have
been on gained acceptance. Clients realised
hygiene the hassle of coordinating with
since we many vendors; earlier, decisions
came were taken by many regional
out of heads. Clients went on the lookout
Covid. As for pan-India vendors, and larger
a result, organisations with multiple services
a lot of are getting more business.”
things that Manoj Parekh spoke along the
were not same lines, stating: “Covid struck
looked at in 2020, after which for almost one
earlier enjoy and a half years, most clients and
attention in all service providers were working
facilities, right up from their homes, not getting to
to the highest level of their sites. Things started to turn
management. The focus around somewhere in mid-2022
is on the quality of cleaning when we started to see huge
solutions and related machinery. demand for facilities management
The cost of staff and services is requirements. Manufacturing was
Changes going higher, and while hygiene moving, and there were serious
in product demand is critical, the focus is on bringing challenges. Clients were actually
down the cost. Machines reduce pushing us to use technology
Saurabh Agarwal touched upon dependence on manpower; their to reduce costs and improve
new priorities in India recovering usage has increased by 15 to 20 per productivity from the resources
from pandemic restrictions. “The cent and is growing. International available.”

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