Short-Notice Cover: Industrial Environment
maintaining compliance standards in a production facility.
The Challenge
The client, a large manufacturing and distribution facility in the Coventry area, operates within a regulated production environment. Due to industry hygiene standards, continuous on-site cleaning is a compliance requirement.
Following internal staffing issues, the site urgently required full-time cover. The risks were clear:
- Immediate Availability: Any lapse in cleaning posed a compliance and operational risk.
- Scope Complexity: The operative needed to work across offices, production-adjacent areas, and welfare facilities.
- Independence: The site manager needed a cleaner who could self-manage, not someone who needed constant supervision.
Our Approach
Kaplan Cleaning deployed professional cleaners on two separate short-term engagements, each covering 1–2 week periods. Our focus was on rapid mobilisation and independent operation.
1. Proactive Improvement
During the first engagement, our operative identified that the existing cleaning storage and preparation area was disorganised. Without being asked, they cleaned and reorganised the equipment layout.
2. Regulated Standards
The operative maintained high standards across reception, walkways, and welfare areas, understanding the difference between a "quick tidy" and a compliant commercial clean.
3. Active Oversight
While the cleaner worked independently, Kaplan management maintained contact with the site to ensure standards were being met, removing the management burden from the client.
The Outcome
- Continuous cleaning coverage maintained with no compliance gaps.
- Cleaning storage and preparation areas significantly improved.
- Welfare areas and production walkways kept to strict standards.
The client’s leadership team noted the difference in professionalism compared to previous agency staff and returned to Kaplan Cleaning for further cover.
Why This Worked
Independent Operation
Our staff are trained to manage their own workload. The client didn't have to babysit the cleaner.
Added Value
We didn't just maintain the status quo; we improved the site's organization and hygiene standards.
Commercial cleaning that keeps running.
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