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Tork Achieves Milestone with Data-Driven Vision Cleaning |
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| Contributed by BSM Staff | |
STOCKHOLM -- Tork, an Essity brand, has achieved a significant milestone with an estimated 1.2 billion people in 2024 traveling through buildings that use the Tork’s data-driven cleaning technology. Tork Vision Cleaning utilizes real-time data to optimize restroom cleaning operations, while ensuring that hygiene and customer satisfaction are prioritized. Up to 40% of cleaning time in offices and large venues is spent on the restroom [1]. This milestone is reached as Tork Vision Cleaning celebrates 10 years since launch. At that time, it was a true pioneer for the cleaning industry, leading the way in introducing such digital solutions. Using the Internet of Things sensors in restroom dispensers and people counters, notify cleaners when dispensers require refills and how many users have entered a restroom, signaling when it’s time to clean. Businesses using this technology report that dispensers are full 99% of the time. Currently, Tork has more than 100,000 connected devices that send more than 1.3 million messages a day to cleaners working with Tork Vision Cleaning. Restrooms are often the busiest rooms in a building with 82% of people saying they visit the restroom at least 2-3 times per typical workday [2]. They are also a significant concern for facility managers, being the single biggest source of complaints in office buildings [3]. Maintaining good hygiene standards for employees is an important consideration for business success. Managers say they have reduced complaints by 75% as a result of using Tork Vision Cleaning, 68% say they improved efficiency and 97% report improvements in hygiene within their facilities [4]. “Tork Vision Cleaning is a technology that meets today's expectations for digital connectivity across facilities. With the number of ‘smart’ connected buildings increasing, this solution has the direct market experience to provide data that empowers cleaners, reduces restroom user complaints and increases cleaning efficiency,” said Pablo Fuentes, president of Essity’s global Professional Hygiene business. “That’s why we are seeing a growing demand for Tork Vision Cleaning, especially in high-traffic spaces like airports, stadiums and in large office buildings.” For facility management companies, Tork Vision Cleaning can bring added value to their operations. The Facilities Management Director of a large corporate headquarters building in Paris managed by Sodexo, shares how they have successfully installed and operated the digital technology from Tork. Five of the world’s busiest airports now use the data-driven cleaning technology from Tork [6]. One in three people who avoid using airport restrooms also limit how much they spend to eat and drink in the airport – an important revenue source for airports [5]. Airport operators are also reporting a rise in cleaning staff vacancies and one in four anticipate recruitment challenges for cleaning staff. Tork Vision Cleaning provides data to airports that enables them to direct cleaning staff to the restrooms that are most used and in need of cleaning, and to divert staff from less visited restrooms, ensuring the places people use the most are clean and fully stocked with hygiene products. To learn more about Tork Vision Cleaning, go to torkglobal.com/us/en/visioncleaning [1] BCG IoT discussion, 2024 [2] Data from the 2024 Tork Insights Survey of 6,000 individuals 18-65+ and 900 respondents representing businesses in the United States, Mexico, UK, Germany and France. |
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