Episodes
Friday Jul 26, 2024
Laundry Operations and Workplace Violence
Friday Jul 26, 2024
Friday Jul 26, 2024
A May shooting at an industrial laundry that killed two workers and wounded three others brings the possibility of workplace violence back into focus. Carol Dodgen of Dodgen Security Consulting and Jay Juffre from ImageFIRST discuss warning signs, training, prevention and more.
Monday May 15, 2023
We’re Heading for Recession! Now What Do I Do?
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Bryan Cutsinger, assistant professor of economics at Angelo State University in Texas, and Mike Knowles, COO of Superior Linen Service in Oklahoma, talk the economy, the possibility of recession and ways to ride out the downturn.
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Human Resources Challenges
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Events of the past three years have changed workplace dynamics along with employee attitudes and expectations. Human resource managers Annette Jones from Huebsch Services and Katie Rowland from Plymate Inc. talk challenges and solutions in laundry HR today.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Laundry Facility Fire Safety
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Bill Sullivan, fire protection engineer for the City of Madison Fire Department in Wisconsin, and Markus Tarin, CEO of MoviTHERM, an innovator in fire detection technology, based in Irvine, California, talk about steps to take in the event of a fire along with detection/prevention ideas.
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Today’s Textiles
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Duane Houvener, national sales manager for American Dawn, provides insider discussion about modern textiles and how performance and processability have been improved.
Monday Sep 19, 2022
The Laundry Brand
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
A commercial laundry today, no matter the size, needs to create its unique brand to stand out, and this discussion with Asit Goel, vice president of marketing at UniFirst, will examine what steps to take.
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Laundry Labor Update
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
The Benefits of Trade Show Attendance
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Greg Jira, show director for The Clean Show owned by Messe Frankfurt, talks about how laundry and linen service operators can be as effective as possible when attending industry trade shows, along with details about Clean in Atlanta.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Supply-Chain Strategies
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Jeff Landry, managing director global supply chain for textile provider American Dawn, talks about the lessons learned from the supply-chain interruptions experienced in 2020 and how to be prepared in the future.
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Laundry Operations and OSHA
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
In this podcast, Steve Alvarado, a lawyer at Fisher Phillips, talks about what OSHA is looking for in terms of laundry safety and how laundries can be proactive to be “OSHA safe.”