You want your facility to be a clean and healthy environment for your employees. Hiring the right commercial cleaning contractor is one of the most critical aspects of reaching that objective. As with the selection of any service...

The goal of the Safety Huddle program is to increase every team member’s safety awareness. There will be a different topic every other month with important safety tips and information. Managers and supervisors will be responsible...

Any cleaning service provider is only as good as its cleaning staff. As our economy continues to improve, and unemployment rates continue to fall, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find, hire, and retain top-notch cleaning...

A Housekeeping Quality Control Program is one of the most critical process assets within any cleaning operation. Your quality control processes are the backbone of your operation and, when properly developed and implemented, they...

Employees are the most critical asset within any business enterprise. The people that make up a top-notch cleaning operation are hard-working and conscientious. They are the foundation of the industry and an asset that should be...

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 a work anniversary in April. We are very appreciative of your...

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

One critical aspect of many cleaning services, whether internal operations or Building Service Contractors, is the cleaning of commercial carpeting. Few areas of a facility take as much daily abuse as carpeting. Commercial...

In our last post Creating an Effective Green Cleaning Policy – Pt. 1, we reviewed the typical goals, roles and responsibilities as contained within many Green Cleaning Policies. In this week’s installment we will discuss a few of...

Does your cleaning operation have a “Green Cleaning” program? If so, is your green program supported by a Green Cleaning Policy? What are the typical components of such a policy? Green Cleaning Policies may vary a bit across...