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Archive for Best Practices
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6 Signs a Sweeper-Scrubber Is the Perfect Fit for Your Warehouse
October 02, 2024 8:07 AM by Tennant CompanyMaintaining a clean facility is crucial for efficiency and safety. Learn the six signs that indicate your operation could benefit from an industrial sweeper-scrubber, and how it can enhance your cleaning processes. Discover how these machines can address your facility's specific needs and improve overall productivity.
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How to Evaluate the Types and Uses of Industrial and Commercial Floor Sweepers
August 28, 2024 8:35 AM by Tennant CompanyStruggling to choose the perfect floor sweeper for your facility? Our guide breaks down the key features of commercial and industrial floor sweepers, helping you select the best option to enhance cleanliness and efficiency. Whether you're managing a small retail space or a large warehouse, find out which sweeper suits your needs.
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Top Tips for Maintaining Floor Cleaning Equipment
September 13, 2023 8:17 AM by Tennant CompanyYour organization has likely invested thousands in a variety of cleaning machines to keep your facility clean, safe and inviting for employee and visitors. If any one piece of commercial floor cleaning equipment breaks down, it’s not just a headache for your cleaning crew, it’s a potentially costly repair if the problem lingers.
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Soft Floor & Carpet Care Tips
August 30, 2023 8:25 AM by Tennant CompanySoft floor and carpet care maintenance is an important part of keeping your facility looking neat and clean, but vacuuming alone isn’t enough. Read our soft floor cleaning and carpet care best practices to keep your carpets looking fresh.
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Quick Tips for Cleaning & Disinfecting Floors
May 31, 2023 9:42 AM by Tennant CompanyCleaning and disinfecting floors are important parts of keeping your facility looking clean and inviting. Not only does a clean floor help with aesthetics, it also helps keep employees, visitors and guests safe and healthy when they visit your facility.
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Leverage GPOs to Save Healthcare Costs on Cleaning Equipment
March 22, 2023 9:18 AM by Tennant CompanyWith expenses on the rise, healthcare leaders need smart strategies to even out their balance sheets and get back in the black—and more and more providers are turning to Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) to lower spend and gain better cost control while maintaining the highest cleaning standards. Let's explore how GPOs can help reduce healthcare cleaning costs when purchasing new floor cleaning equipment—and why Tennant GPO contracts deliver unique benefits.
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The View on Clean in 2022 – Most Popular Posts of the Year
December 28, 2022 11:34 AM by Tennant Company2022 has been a year of learning, growth, and adaptation for many businesses worldwide as they adjust to employee shortages, rising interest rates, and supply chain disruptions. Floor cleaning has been no exception, as organizations look for better ways to clean and make the most out of their investments. From creating a floor cleaning toolkit to the business case for purchasing your next cleaning machine, this blog will provide a recap of these top posts and what they offer.
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Lead Acid Battery Watering Tips
November 30, 2021 10:06 AM by Tennant CompanyLead acid battery maintenance is critical to optimizing the run time and overall performance of your floor scrubber. To protect your investment, it’s essential to follow proper protocols and best practices when adding water to lead acid batteries.
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5 Steps to Prepare Floors for Scrubbing
September 29, 2021 11:45 AM by Tennant CompanyFollow these five simple best practices before using your automatic floor scrubbing machine to maximize efficiency and performance in your floor cleaning program.
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Rising Expectations for Clean: 5 Ways Cleanliness Drives Business Value for Retailers
September 23, 2021 9:00 AM by Tennant CompanyAs retailers gear up for the holiday shopping season, there’s plenty of uncertainty, but one thing is for sure: Clean is front and center and more important than ever.
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The 7 Most Common Mistakes in Commercial Floor Cleaning
September 01, 2021 11:15 AM by Tennant CompanyClean floors are the foundation of a thriving facility, but the familiarity with floor cleaning can lead to mistakes. Make sure you’re not falling into these seven common mistakes.
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5 Things to Focus on When Outdoor Cleaning
July 27, 2021 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyEvery season (and weather that accompanies it) brings unique outdoor cleaning challenges. Here are five things you can focus on to make outdoor cleaning effective year-round.
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Tips to Reduce Cost to Clean
July 21, 2021 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyAre rising cleaning costs weighing you down? Before you start shopping for cheaper suppliers, try these cost cutting tips.
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2020 Sustainability Report
July 12, 2021 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyWe recently published our 12th annual Corporate Sustainability Report for 2020 and we are proud to share our accomplishments towards our four focus areas. Learn more about Tennant's sustainability practices.
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Improve Business With Customer Feedback
July 06, 2021 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyNPS or Net Promoter Score is a simple but powerful tool to measure customer satisfaction by asking a single question - “How likely would you be to recommend the brand/company to your friend, colleague, and/or business partner?” Learn how you can use NPS to help improve your business.
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4 Things You Should Know About Carpet Extractors
June 11, 2021 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyThe specialized features of carpet extractors make them perfect for the unique job they serve. And they’re even more impressive when you take a deeper look.
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Should You Rent, Lease or Buy Your Floor Cleaning Machines & Equipment
May 26, 2021 9:15 AM by Tennant CompanyHave you ever considered how your floor cleaning equipment expenses impact your company’s bottom line? Learn more about purchasing options for various floor care equipment.
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5 Resources for Maintaining Your Cleaning Equipment
May 19, 2021 9:15 AM by Tennant CompanyProperly maintaining your cleaning equipment is one of the most critical things you can do to ensure optimal cleaning performance. Use these resources to help you keep tabs on your equipment’s maintenance needs.
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Creating a Floor Cleaning Toolkit
May 12, 2021 9:15 AM by Tennant CompanyFloor cleaning tools have gotten better over time, but which ones are most important? See what we recommend to include in your essential floor cleaning toolkit.
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Types of PPE for the Cleaning Industry
May 06, 2021 9:15 AM by Tennant CompanyPersonal Protective Equipment gained unprecedented levels of popularity in 2020. While it has always been important in the cleaning industry, here’s why the additional awareness was a good thing.
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4 Common Customer Questions
April 20, 2021 9:15 AM by Tennant CompanyOur customer service team fielded nearly 240,000 calls over the past year, so we asked them about the most frequently asked questions, and share the answers.
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Get a Competitive Advantage by Mechanizing Your Mop
April 07, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyLearn how to leverage mechanized floor cleaning technologies to more efficiently keep floors clean, earn customer trust and drive measurable business value.
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Types of Cleaning Equipment and Their Purposes
March 31, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyIf you’re new to the cleaning industry, the different types of floor cleaning equipment and what they do can cause confusion. This post will explain the types of cleaning equipment and the applications in which to use them.
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3 Tips for Cleaning Laminate Flooring
March 24, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyThere are a lot of rules for how to properly clean laminate flooring — for some help remembering them, just think about how cleaning laminate flooring is like doing the laundry.
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Tennant Launches New Robotic Floor Scrubber T16AMR
March 17, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyThe T16AMR robotic floor cleaning machine is the first robotic scrubber designed specifically for large warehousing and 3PL facilities. Offering big productivity for big spaces, the T16AMR can help your business achieve results-driven cleaning.
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Why You Should Use OEM Parts on Your Equipment
March 03, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyOEM stands for “original equipment manufacturer,” which means the replacement parts you’re using for your cleaning machine were made by the company that made the machine itself. Here’s why that matters.
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Introducing the T290, T390, and T581 Floor Scrubbers
February 24, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyLearn how Tennant's newest floor scrubbers, the T290, T390 and T581, will help you clean more efficiently to enhance your facility's image.
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Top Tips for Keeping Your School Clean
February 16, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyRead our 10 Tips and Tricks to Create a Safe, Satisfying and Clean Education Experience, to discover how keeping up with a simple, but methodical, cleaning program can help keep your facility clean, safe and inviting.
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Harnessing the Power of Data to Drive Performance & Fleet Management
January 29, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyDiscover how new asset management technologies provide BSCs with greater visibility into cleaning performance metrics and how to leverage data to improve productivity. Read this post to learn 5 critical steps to begin turning data into powerful results.
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Top 5 Blog Post of 2020
January 08, 2021 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanyTennant blog’s top 5 posts of 2020 included topics like lithium ion battery benefits, squeegee blade basics, lead acid battery charging best practices and more. Read more to learn about these popular topics.
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3 Ways Diamabrush™ Makes Concrete Prep Better
December 14, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyThe Diamabrush™ Concrete Prep tools take the difficult, labor-intensive, and often costly work of surface preparation and simplify it for professionals and do-it-yourselfers
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Tennant Employees Give Back to Recognize 150 Anniversary
November 25, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanySee how Tennant Company employees around the world are giving back to the community in a "$150K for 150 Years" challenge in recognition of our sesquicentennial anniversary.
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5 Ways A Wet-Dry Vacuum Helps You
November 09, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyIt’s easy to see why many people enlist the help of wet-dry vacuums for cleaning up spills and messes around their homes — here’s why it can help in commercial and institutional settings.
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Best Practices for Burnishing Floors
October 28, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyHigh-speed burnishers operate under a different set of rules than buffers and other floor cleaning machines — make sure you’re using them correctly.
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How Robotic Cleaning Machines Can Improve Productivity
October 14, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyFind out why so many cleaning professionals are turning to robotic cleaning machines to boost productivity while ensuring consistent results.
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4 Questions You Should Ask When Choosing a Floor Cleaning Liquid
October 07, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyFloor cleaning liquids or detergents are specialized to clean various floor types in different ways — answer these four questions to choose the right one for the task you’re trying to accomplish.
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8 Things to Consider When Purchasing a Ride-on Carpet Sweeper
August 21, 2020 8:00 AM by Tennant CompanyA ride-on carpet sweeper makes for efficient floor cleaning, but it might not be right for every facility. Learn how this machine can make floor care more productive for your custodial team.
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Soft Floor & Carpet Care Best Practices
March 12, 2020 8:05 AM by Tennant CompanySoft floor and carpet care maintenance is an important part of keeping your facility looking neat and clean, but vacuuming alone isn’t enough. Read our soft floor cleaning and carpet care best practices to keep your carpets looking fresh.
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Squeegee Blades 101
January 08, 2020 9:50 AM by Tennant CompanySqueegee maintenance is an important component of clean, safe floors in your facility. Ensure you’re properly caring for your cleaning machine's squeegee blades with our squeegee maintenance tips.
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What is Industrial Design and What Role Does it Play at Tennant?
September 25, 2019 10:45 AM by Tennant CompanyDesigning new cleaning equipment is a core component of Tennant Company’s business, but how do we determine what products we bring to market? Read more about how our Industrial Design team uses research mixed with artistic skill to come up with some of Tennant’s most innovative solutions.
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Best Practices: How to Stage and Perform Summer Floor Restoration Work
May 22, 2019 10:00 AM by Tennant CompanyBest practices for effective planning, staging and executing summer floor restoration projects on a limited budget and time frame.
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Tips for Warehouse Cleaning
February 27, 2019 8:30 AM by Tennant CompanyDirt, debris and clutter can impact warehouse efficiency. Read these tips to help you plan cleaning processes to contribute to efficient business operations.
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How to Keep Your Retail Store Clean This Winter
November 13, 2018 4:30 AM by Tennant CompanyThe winter and holiday seasons can create unique retail store cleaning challenges. Get prepared with this series of holiday and winter cleaning articles from Tennant’s blog.
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Five Tips to Prepare Your Warehouse for the Holidays
October 04, 2018 9:45 AM by Tennant CompanyThe holiday season is a busy time for warehouse and distribution centers. Check out these tips to help you get ready for the rush.
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Maximize Your Squeegee: 5-Point Checklist
July 16, 2018 8:11 AM by Tennant CompanySqueegee selection and maintenance are critical for the performance of your floor scrubber. Get the most out of your machine by ensuring your squeegee is performing optimally with our 5-point checklist.
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Planning for Summer Restoration Projects
March 15, 2018 9:30 AM by Tennant CompanyFor education facilities, summer is a busy season for special projects. Learn more about planning for summer restoration and summer cleaning with a prerecorded webinar.
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Get Your Facilities Ready for Spring
February 26, 2018 8:35 AM by Tennant CompanyGet your facilities ready for spring with these six spring cleaning tips from Tennant Company.
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Soft Floor and Carpet Maintenance Best Practices
February 05, 2018 8:05 AM by Tennant CompanySoft floor and carpet maintenance is an important part of keeping your facility look neat and clean, but vacuuming alone isn’t enough. Read our soft floor cleaning and carpet maintenance best practices to keep your carpets looking fresh.
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Tips for Creating a Hassle-Free Stone Care Program
February 01, 2018 9:35 AM by Tennant CompanyDiscover tips to polish and restore concrete floors without all the hassle and at a fraction of the cost.
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