Recently, we came across the research data of the cleaning industry, which is truly striking: the recruitment of cleaning enterprises in the southeast coastal areas has surged by 80%, yet the profit margin is a meager 2%.
"The market is extremely competitive" has become a catchphrase across all walks of life.
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The Intelligent Era Is Corporate Cleaning Still Relying on Manual Labor Alone?
As practitioners in the field of professional large-scale cleaning equipment, we have seen numerous predicaments faced by those in the cleaning industry. The core of the fierce competition in the cleaning industry has never been "too many people with low prices", but rather still using "pure manual labor" to do "mechanized" work.
| Dimension |
Real Data |
Industry Misconception |
| Equipment Investment |
70% of small and medium-sized cleaning enterprises lack systematic technical equipment |
Thinking that "purchasing equipment = increasing costs", without realizing that human-machine collaboration can reduce costs by more than 30% |
If enterprises fail to calculate this account clearly, they can only get caught in the internal friction of low prices.Here are several real cases ⬇️
Case 1
A property management company of a residential community in Shanghai is responsible for the cleaning work of 3 communities. At the beginning of last year, they reported to us that:
The main road of the community covers more than 1,600 square meters. 5 cleaning workers worked non-stop from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., yet there were constant complaints from property owners, and the client almost terminated the cooperation.
After understanding their difficulties, we recommended the Jiechi BA2100T Ride-on Sweeper. Soon after, they gave us feedback: this equipment is such a relief!
1 cleaning worker can operate it by sitting on it and clean more than 1,600 square meters of the main road in about 20 minutes, even sweeping away the dust and fallen leaves in the cracks, and the complaints from owners have decreased. The work that used to take 5 people 4 hours to finish can now be done by 1 person in less than half an hour, saving nearly 20,000 RMB in labor costs every month.
What's more reassuring is that a single charge supports continuous work for 6-8 hours, covering both the community corridors and parking lots. Now, they have redeployed the saved labor to do refined cleaning work and finally renewed the cooperation smoothly.
Case 2
A food processing factory, mainly engaged in the processing of pastries and cooked food, has been plagued by the problem of workshop cleaning for a long time. Food workshops have extremely high hygiene requirements, and failure in random inspections may even result in forced suspension of production for rectification.
At first, cleaning was entirely done by manual labor. Anyone in the food industry knows how troublesome it is to clean oil stains—it is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and poor handling may cause workers to slip and fall, creating potential safety hazards.
Later, they adopted the Jiechi Walk-behind Floor Scrubber, which is extremely flexible to operate. With a gentle push, all oil stains are cleaned wherever it goes, and the ground is left water-free, completely solving this big worry. After the improvement of the production environment, the order volume has also increased significantly.
Case 3
A cleaning aunt at a RT-Mart store once shared her genuine experience of using the Walk-behind Floor Scrubber A3 with us.
She said that the supermarket is crowded with people and has dense shelves, making it impossible for large floor scrubbers to maneuver. She used to mop the floor manually, walking tens of thousands of steps every day, and the mopped floor was prone to water stains, worrying that customers might slip and fall accidentally.
Later, the store was equipped with the walk-behind floor scrubber, which is compact in size and can easily weave through the shelves. The floor becomes dry immediately after mopping with no water stains left. The aunt said that it used to take her 4 hours to mop the floor every day, but now it only takes 2 hours. She can do other cleaning work with the remaining time, and her waist is not as sore as before.
Facts have proven that instead of struggling in the vicious competition of low prices, it is better to spend a small amount of money on the right equipment. The labor and time saved are pure profits. Regardless of the industry, the core demands for cleaning are "saving time, saving labor, and achieving a thorough clean".
Founded in 2003, Jiechi is a time-honored brand that not only focuses on the R&D and production of cleaning equipment but also has served well-known brands such as China High-speed Railway, Midea, Hema, Country Garden, BYD, etc. With guaranteed quality and after-sales service, we can respond promptly to any problems.
The cleaning industry is now in the "stage of equipment popularization" and is starting to transition to intelligence. Robots cannot work completely independently yet, but the proportion of manual labor will gradually decrease in the future, and equipmentization is definitely an inevitable trend.
Comply with the market trend, and benefit early by adopting equipment early.