All laundries need to improve maintenance, whether small washer/extractors or large tunnel washers drive their productivity. Granted, the maintenance tasks are more complicated, depending on the quantity of pounds processed and the degree of systems automation. The chapter on these functions in TRSA’s Laundry Operations and Management text addresses such concerns of the highest-volume operations, while never losing sight of the fundamentals that every linen and uniform service plant faces.

Maintenance and engineering personnel are typically most associated with their responsibility for keeping all systems operating at peak efficiency. The TRSA text also highlights their other responsibilities, especially administering a ...