Invest in industrial linen services to overcome linen stock issues in hotels
Discover how investing in a cloud-based platform can help housekeepers improve linen stock management.
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Hotels in Australia are set to experience an upward trend in revenue. The hotel market in Australia is set to rake in a projected revenue of $6.91 billion in 2024.
With the hotel industry being such a lucrative market, and hotel owners becoming increasingly competitive to win over more guests, every aspect of a hotel’s operations must run smoothly and efficiently.
One of the most important contributors to increasing a hotel’s customer base is ensuring that their housekeeping needs are met. This also means that their linen inventory should always meet the required standards expected in a hotel and be readily available to ensure that guests are satisfied and comfortable during their stay.
While this may seem straightforward, the average hotel loses about 20-30% of linen stock annually, translating to a loss of $50,000, due to poor utilisation of linen items, wear and tear, and theft. This can disrupt operations and even deter guests from staying in the same hotel in the future.
This is why hoteliers should turn to industrial linen services, a cloud-based platform that helps streamline linen operations and ensure that linen stock is well-managed.
Let’s explore the various ways this technology can help hotel managers avoid linen shortages or overstocking.
To ensure the smooth operation of a commercial laundry, linen managers are expected to assess and detect any possible issues that may arise with their laundry equipment. This may be challenging to assess without the assistance of the right technology.
This is why linen managers should consider investing in laundry maintenance software. With this software, they can assess many features that provide relevant information about their equipment, the linen items they wash, and other relevant information to assist with crucial decision-making processes and avoid unexpected equipment breakdowns.
Equipment downtime can be costly and may compromise workforce productivity as linen employees are stalled. That said, let’s explore the benefits of investing in laundry maintenance software for a commercial laundry.
How industrial linen services software improves linen stock management in hotels
Effortless ordering and replenishment
If the par level of a linen inventory falls below the recommended threshold, staff can trigger automatic reordering to prevent linen stock issues from disrupting housekeeping operations. Staff can submit orders for new linen directly through a user-friendly online portal. This helps eliminate stockouts and last-minute reordering.
Unparalleled stock control
This software tracks every linen item with RFID tags. This eliminates lost items due to theft or misplacement. Real-time data gained from this platform also reveals significant information such as individual linen lifespans, preventing surplus stockouts. Hotel staff can leverage this data to optimise linen usage and reduce wastage.
Streamlined linen management
Hotel staff can automate time-consuming tasks, simplifying the entire linen management lifecycle. This frees up staff time and resources for other strategic tasks. They can also access detailed reports to improve linen utilisation. This empowers staff to make important decisions such as adequately supplying linen items.
Proactive issue resolution
Real-time data on linen stock levels allows for the proactive identification of potential linen shortages. This ensures hotels can address any issues before they impact guest experiences. By addressing issues promptly, hotels can prioritise guest satisfaction, a key factor in attracting repeat business and drawing in good reviews.
Bundle Connect enhances linen inventory accuracy
Bundle Connect is a cutting-edge laundry management system designed to enhance linen handling efficiency for businesses. This advanced technology leverages cloud capabilities to read information from RFID chips embedded in linen items, providing real-time location tracking and significantly reducing the likelihood of lost items due to theft or misplacement.
By utilising Bundle Connect, businesses can substantially reduce their expenditure on replacing lost items. The user-friendly interface allows customers to easily place orders through the software, ensuring a seamless and efficient process.
The system automates billing, invoicing, and delivery requirements, ensuring a precise order-to-invoice process. Additionally, it alerts linen managers when stock levels reach below the established level, enabling them to place orders for more inventory and avoid overstocking or stockouts.
Bundle Connect also provides valuable insights into linen usage, including the number of times an item has been laundered and when it is nearing the end of its shelf life. This information empowers linen managers to make informed decisions about the quality of linen used in daily operations, ensuring optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Bundle PPM is an advanced laundry maintenance software that helps commercial linen owners and linen managers gain valuable information on their laundry equipment performance, which can facilitate smoother and hassle-free commercial laundry operations.
Its KPI data reporting capabilities make it easier for linen managers to obtain valuable data-driven analytics and access past performance issues. This includes being able to access useful information such as log breakdowns and equipment observations.
This helps linen managers make decisions to improve their laundry functions, while also measuring employee workload and linen utilisation via the software, which can lead to more reliable and accurate KPI measuring.
When the laundry stock level falls below the minimum par level threshold, users can set up automatic reordering using this software to restore stock levels to a healthy threshold.
Bundle PPM also allows users to update laundry job sheets and attach relevant pictures to create a comprehensive service history for linen managers to access. This helps them develop a better understanding of issues pertaining to their laundry equipment. In addition, users can view outstanding observations that require further action.
Client success stories
"The transition to Bundle has been instrumental in Allied Laundry continuing to drive change and business improvement by providing real-time customer ordering information, streamlined ordering, and billing processes and have enabled a considerable reduction in staff time. The system has been a real success story for Allied Laundry."
Mark Mabbet
Allied Laundry Service
"No question is a stupid question in the eyes of the Bundle team. Their customer service, expertise and knowledge ensured a smooth transition for me when I purchased my business. The system is user friendly and easy to navigate, while syncing seamlessly with my accounts package."
Geraldine Minogue
Associated Laundry Services
Since the transition from a manual, paper-driven system to Bundle, the time spent managing orders through to invoicing has been reduced by some 75%. From an administrative perspective, it is far easier to track the progress of orders, respond to queries (and resupply dockets).
The management abilities for individual account needs with set days, recurring orders, fixing cut-off times, adding notes to orders and pick-ups means that all relevant persons have the same information.
Customer support is also given a high priority and queries and concerns are met promply and efficiently.
Cynthia Hertrick
Blueline Laundry
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FAQs
Yes, it is equipped to manage all types of hotel linens with attached RFID tags.
The transition process is generally smooth. Reputable providers offer support and guidance throughout the implementation.
This platform typically offers integrations with popular hotel management systems, which helps to streamline data flow.
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