It’s staggering what a commercial laundry spends each month on linens.  It may not sound like much when you state the cost per unit, but when you add up the number of individual pieces, the costs are enormous.
 
There are several key variables that play a part in how long a piece of linen will last. The most significant are:
 

• the loss rate
   
• the reject rate

 
In theory, loss rates are not fundamentally uncontrollable, but practically speaking, they are. Why? Because it’s impossible to control another person’s ...