
6 Myths About Green Cleaning – Part 1
As within any rapidly developing industry there has been an evolution of persistent myths regarding green cleaning. What are some of the more common green cleaning myths?

As within any rapidly developing industry there has been an evolution of persistent myths regarding green cleaning. What are some of the more common green cleaning myths?

Congratulations to Charmaine Rippy, our August 2017 Team Member of the Month! Charmaine is a Site Supervisor in Gastonia for SMO, and has been with us since October of 2015.

To the greatest degree possible, management will provide all mechanical and physical protection required for personal safety and health, but our team members bear primary responsibility for working safely. A little common sense and caution can prevent most accidents from occurring.

As with training in any field that requires specific knowledge and skill sets, your custodial training process should utilize the best adult learning principals, keep safety first, and be consistent throughout the organization. An effective custodial program for your organization will consist of the following key elements.

SMO University will be presenting a personal enrichment class for SMO team members to help them prepare their own taxes. Afterwords, Sandra Savageau, CPA from Councilman Farlow Marlowe & Co PLLC will be available to answer SMO team members tax questions for FREE.

If you want to keep your floors looking great throughout the winter it’s important to have a solid winter floor care program in place. The three tips below can help your keep your facility’s floors looking their best during the winter months.

The CDC recently announced that for the first time since monitoring began 13 years ago, that every part of the continental U.S. showed “widespread” flu activity. Proactive Facility Managers can take the following steps to help reduce the spread of the flu in their facilities.

More and more organizations today are considering the benefits of an outsourced janitorial service program. It seems to be the trend with many facilities but is it right for everyone? Each individual facility should carefully consider the following when evaluating the outsourcing option.

It’s your birthday! We would like to wish the following SMO team members a very happy February birthday.

SMO is very blessed to have many long-term team members that help make us an industry leader. We would like to take a moment to recognize those who will be celebrating an anniversary in February.



