Grassroots Movement - (OS1) Users Benchmark the One Best Way to Clean

When the best tools and techniques have been distilled into a powerful process with consistent results, people talk. This was the origin o the (OS1) Users Group representing thousands of cleaning workers and a group o respected facilities nationwide whose delegates meet annually as part o the (OS1) Users Symposium to benchmark and improve results.

The non-profit (OS1) Users Symposium is the first multi-organization best practices benchmarking group in the cleaning industry (according to the Carlyle University of Ottawa Canada benchmarking team that participated in the (OS1) Users Symposium at the University of Massachusetts).

"The (OS1) Users Symposium brings together a unique group of cleaning organizations dedicated to advancing the science and professionalism of the cleaning industry through standardization", said Paul Condie, president of the (OS1) Users Group. "It was started by cleaning organizations for cleaning organizations, and functions in a cooperative and consensus fashion. Not too many groups can say that - it's a new way of planning the cleaning function in organizations."

In response to frequent requests for more information, the (OS1) Users Symposium has completely revamped its website located at www.os1userssymposium.org. The site provides information on the history of (OS1), how it has grown to have the largest installed base of any cleaning operating system in the world, and details about the 2009 (OS1) Users Symposium, themed "Planning the Future of Cleaning," in Savannah, Georgia. Persons with serious interest in benchmarking cleaning systems and the media are invited to attend the event.