Regardless of items to be washed or washing technologies to be used, the preparation of loads and the order in which they enter the wash aisle greatly impact a laundry’s total productive output. The second chapter of Laundry Operations and Management (LOM) explains how. It’s a primer for maximizing soil-sorting productivity, critical to efficiently executing downstream steps in the laundry process.

The chapter guides laundry management in ensuring proper sorting by suggesting tactics for:

• Developing proper sorting procedures
• Training operators to produce required amounts of laundry regularly
• Troubleshooting efficiently

Strategies are provided for ensuring success ...