Laundry Services Consultant
helping organisations to better manage laundry services in-house.
Providing organisations with
efficient, cost saving systems
to confidently manage laundry services
in-house, rather than outsourcing.
If you’re looking to improve or establish in-house laundry facilities in a hotel, aged care facility, laundry or any other organisation, Creek Solutions can guide you through the whole process. You’ll also get practical guidance on facility design, equipment choices, and financial planning to support long-term operational and financial success.
We help organisations to
Improve existing in-house laundry facilities
OR
Setup new in-house laundry facilities
Some of the key services we aim to improve or establish in your organisation… (among many others) include:
Design laundries
(new & rebuilds).
Plan layouts and processes for an effective in-house laundry.
Provide alternatives to outsourcing services & save.
Provide systems to manage laundry services in-house.
Make staff workflows more efficient.
Avoid wasted hours and unnecessary staff expenses.
Achieving delivery targets.
Consistently complete and deliver jobs on time.
Assistance reaching financial goals.
Work with industry average financial benchmarking.
Sustainable laundry solutions.
Ozone laundering processes and water recycling.
Establish financial costs & asset registers.
Short & long term expenses, plus life cycle of high value items.
Effective use of workforce.
Establish maintenance processes to refine working hours required.
Equipment selection advice.
Meet ergonomic and productivity outcomes.
A laundry should not be neglected due to its non-glamorous role.
The laundry is a critical department in a residential facility, contributing greatly to operations and profitability.
A laundry should not be neglected due to its non-glamorous role.
The laundry is a critical department in a residential facility, contributing greatly to operations and profitability.
A cost efficient laundry service and a continual supply of fresh linen and personal clothing are crucial to successful operations in aged care facilities, hotels and other residential facilities.
The laundry is also responsible for providing other laundering needs, such as mops, curtains and floor mats.
In most organisations the laundry is a high cost factor which requires close scrutiny.
Utility costs are often paid as a one off ‘total’ facility invoice with exact costs unknown.
Creek Solutions will provide:
Onsite Review
Thorough review of existing laundries which includes:
- The laundry facility
- The equipment – major, minor
- Workflow
- Production processes
- Operating procedures
Recommendations for improvement
The service will more often than not require improvement in one or more areas of the operation:
- Employee processes
- Utility utilisation
Improvement often includes financial savings as well as efficient practices.
Implementation
Creek Solutions provides on-site support to ensure new processes become imbedded into an organisation’s culture and methodology.
The systems created remain robust and require little direct involvement other than rostering, supply of linen and other stock purchases.
Manuals and other documentation:
- Signage – in setting up a new system there is often a need for signage to educate and assist staff. These are all incorporated into the overall implementation process.
- Procedure manuals are provided that reflect internal processes and include Workplace Health & Safety and Infection Control processes.
- Data collecting forms are introduced to assist management to control its KPIs.
New laundry designs
Creek Solutions will provide independent systems and solutions which will allow an organisation to go to tender (or other) to make informed selection and purchases.
Textile utilisation
Creek Solutions will provide processes that will ensure the longevity of linen and care of the residents’ personal belongings.
Sustainability
Creek Solutions will provide input, support and selection criteria into ozone laundering processes as well as water recycling.
Improved processes will lead to sustainability.
Training
We believe at Creek Solutions that although a laundry may not be in direct competition with external laundering services, internal efficiencies can be achieved which will lead to improved bottom line outcomes.
Creek Solutions has assisted us in making a very successful and revolutionary change that is improving our business as a whole.
Morling Lodge, Baptist Community Services
Paul’s suggestions included not only laundry operations and procedures but WHS friendly equipment which proved invaluable in time management and providing staff with a safe work place.
Quirindi Retirement Home
Creek Solutions undertook an extensive review of our laundry systems and equipment… We have since reduced staff hours in this aspect of our business by about 1/3.
Morling Lodge, Baptist Community Services
Paul recommended changes to how we collected and processed the linen, creating efficiencies that resulted in reduced laundry operating hours each day and closing the laundry on weekends.
Woy Woy Community Aged Care
Paul’s schedules/systems made very impressive cost savings whilst still maintaining standards and production levels.
Quirindi Retirement Home
Given the success of the laundry restructure we asked Creek Solutions to provided input into the cleaning service where we were also able to make cost savings and improve efficiencies.
Quirindi Retirement Home
Twelve months on productivity savings are sustainable. Service is excellent.
Gunnedah Aged Care Services
Thank you for the outstanding skills, deep knowledge and professionalism.
Vacenti (QRS)
Our organisation was struggling with the timely supply of linen and personal clothing to each of our associated facilities within the agreed schedule… Within the first week all laundry was completed on schedule.
Vacenti (QRS)
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If you’re ready for positive change in your organisation, start a conversation with Paul Creek today.