Do you manage various aspects of keeping your facility clean, well-stocked, and appealing to both employees and customers?
If so, purchasing restroom supplies is likely one of your responsibilities. This includes monitoring, managing, and buying toilet paper, soap, paper towels, trash can liners, urinal screens, air fresheners, and more. You also schedule deliveries, check prices, manage inventory, and review invoices. While these tasks are necessary, you can reduce your workload by allowing your janitorial company to take on most of the responsibility.
Buying your restroom and other disposable supplies from your janitorial provider makes sense for three key reasons: pricing, efficiency, and convenience.
Reason 1: Pricing
Most janitorial companies purchase a significant amount of supplies and products from supply distributors. Although this may not be true in every case, it is likely that they have greater purchasing power than your business due to their economies of scale. This is beneficial for your company, as your janitorial provider should be able to offer you competitive pricing at or below your current prices.
Reason 2: Efficiency
Managing and ensuring you have an adequate amount of the right supplies can be cumbersome. This requires regularly checking storage areas, ensuring you have the right dispensers installed, scheduling deliveries, and more.
However, the cleaning company is already using the storage areas daily, pulling from the supply stock each week, and always knows when and how much product is needed. They know the right time to order because they manage the restocking of supplies daily. It makes complete sense for the janitorial company to not only manage the supply inventory but also purchase when necessary.
Reason 3: Convenience
The final reason for using your janitorial company to purchase and manage supplies is the convenience factor. By eliminating one vendor, you reduce your need to manage inventory, order supplies, approve prices, sign off on invoices, and more.
The supply industry is a commodity industry where nearly everyone’s prices are similar. When prices are similar, convenience takes on a greater priority. Using your cleaning company to manage this necessity will make your job easier, simpler, and more convenient.
What next?
If you are currently purchasing restroom and disposable supplies from a supply distributor, consider initiating a conversation with your janitorial provider. Ask if they have the capability to be your supplier for these products. Request pricing for various comparable products and ask how they can simplify the process for you.
In the end, you might be able to save money, but you will certainly improve efficiency and convenience.
