Nearly five years ago, Prudential Overall Supply encountered a challenge common to operators of laundry plants located in areas where additional land for expansion is unavailable.
 
Due to steady growth, the plant had essentially maxed out its potential for productivity gains using its semi-manual wash aisle. A creative fix was needed that could enable the facility to “bloom where it was planted,” so to speak.
 
After consulting internally and with vendors, in 2009 plant management and JENSEN USA representatives devised a solution that called for raising the roof in a small section of the ...