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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:39:55 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>PUR-O-ZONE</title><subtitle>PUR-O-ZONE</subtitle><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-03-10T22:18:05Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Three Lunch &amp; Learn Opportunities in March</title><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/3/5/three-lunch-learn-opportunities-in-march.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/3/5/three-lunch-learn-opportunities-in-march.html"/><author><name>Rick Link</name></author><published>2010-03-05T21:59:42Z</published><updated>2010-03-05T21:59:42Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Join us for one of these free Lunch &amp; Learn events in the Kansas City area. Ask your representative about locations, parking information&nbsp;and exact times.</p>
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<p><strong>March 18th</strong> - 3M Certification for the new Ultra Durable finish and pad polishing mini-seminar and lunch. Jeremy Henyak. Lee's Summit Community Christian School.</p>
<p><strong>March 24th</strong> - ActiveTek air and surface purification. Fight pollutants and germs in your facility through new technologies first developed for use on the International Space Station. Installs in your HVAC&nbsp;<span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://www.purozone.com/storage/Lunch%20and%20Learn%20teal.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1268259358546" alt="" /></span></span>system, or individual room units available. Includes lunch.</p>
<p><strong>March 31st</strong> - 3M terrazo/stone floor&nbsp;polishing demonstration. Redemptorist Church, Kansas City, MO. Includes lunch.</p>
<p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable">&nbsp;</span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Your Facility Can Work Within its Budget Without Turning Over the Keys</title><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/1/27/your-facility-can-work-within-its-budget-without-turning-ove.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/1/27/your-facility-can-work-within-its-budget-without-turning-ove.html"/><author><name>Rick Link</name></author><published>2010-01-27T14:34:06Z</published><updated>2010-01-27T14:34:06Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Contract outsourcing for school systems promises much, but is not the only way to address severely constrained budgets. Aligning your staff for productivity with fewer people allows you to&nbsp;keep control, keep your taxpayer-paid equipment assets, strengthen your staff and to avoid hidden&nbsp;variable costs like overtime.&nbsp;Promised outsourcing&nbsp;savings&nbsp;can be overwhemed by a tsunami of problems,&nbsp;loss of control and unanticipated expenses.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.purozone.com/storage/Case Study Contract Services.pdf">Click here</a> for a <strong>case study</strong> of&nbsp;area school systems&nbsp;that have made the outsourcing&nbsp;decision, wished they had not, and the story of their struggle to recover.</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/Which%20Direction.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/24%20mos%20after%20reductions.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1263398215109" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 440px;">24 Months after Outsourcing</span></span><a title="Outsourcing two years down the line" href="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/Which%20Direction.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a>&nbsp;for a <strong>presentation</strong> that focuses on some of the damage outsourcing&nbsp;might&nbsp;do to your staff, your most valuable resource&nbsp;when responding to budget slashing.&nbsp;</p>
<p>See the article below on the first step to better productivity answers starting almost immediately. PUR-O-ZONE can help you now, and without turning over the keys.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Budget pains; "It hurts when I do anything."</title><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/1/13/budget-pains-it-hurts-when-i-do-anything.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/2010/1/13/budget-pains-it-hurts-when-i-do-anything.html"/><author><name>Rick Link</name></author><published>2010-01-13T16:18:21Z</published><updated>2010-01-13T16:18:21Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/It%27s%207%20Monday.pdf" target="_blank"><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/dreamstime_2611059.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1263503157640" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 300px;">The answer to some of your most important questions begins with the VFAR, or Variable Field Analysis Report. Please click on the photo for a brochure.</span></span></p>
<p>What do you do when you are on the second, third or&nbsp;fourth response to reductions in the annual cleaning budget?</p>
<p><strong>First,</strong> you need to know exactly where you stand in relation to other institutions,&nbsp;and what is possible with the square footage and staff you now have, or soon will have. Nothing in your department's recent experiences will help. But the data you need <em>is </em>available to you, just from a different source.</p>
<p><strong>Second,</strong> you need to immediately incorporate a plan of&nbsp;increased productivity from fewer people based on proven methods that fit your circumstances.</p>
<p><strong>Third,</strong> you need to re-prioritize your workloading. The moment you take the first step - finding out where you stand in relation to other institutions - you will feel a sense of relief as you start down a proactive, proven&nbsp;road.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Successful Response</h3>
<p><strong>Get&nbsp;the specifics now,</strong>&nbsp;by clicking on <a title="VFAR" href="http://www.purozone.com/storage/It%27s%207%20Monday.pdf" target="_blank">"Variable Field Analysis Report."</a>&nbsp;Or call your PUR-O-ZONE representative or 800-727-7876 to order your report now. It's fast and free.</p>
<p>There is a successful response based on&nbsp;objective, accurate&nbsp;data and proven methods of responding. This huge database can be applied to your own numbers to give you a road map.</p>
<p>The good news is you can be started down this road&nbsp;48 hours from now&nbsp;with a statistically based plan administrators and board members will understand.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Using education and measurement to improve cleaning ROI</title><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/2009/10/21/using-education-and-measurement-to-improve-cleaning-roi.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/2009/10/21/using-education-and-measurement-to-improve-cleaning-roi.html"/><author><name>Rick Link</name></author><published>2009-10-21T18:50:39Z</published><updated>2009-10-21T18:50:39Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Large enough to really help your business. Small enough to really care about you and your staff's success.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The five elements of Alignment Process for facility care</title><id>http://www.purozone.com/home/2008/7/17/the-five-elements-of-alignment-process-for-facility-care.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.purozone.com/home/2008/7/17/the-five-elements-of-alignment-process-for-facility-care.html"/><author><name>Rick Link</name></author><published>2008-07-17T20:37:43Z</published><updated>2008-07-17T20:37:43Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/dreamstime_5046895.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1262727949875" alt="" /></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 240px;">Today's facility budget requires all your ducks to be in a row.</span></span>Making your people more productive is a function of five elements PUR-O-ZONE has identified during over 66 years of designing successful custodial and housekeeping programs.</p>
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<p>Your PUR-O-ZONE team can make this cycle relevant in your facility. It starts with a phonecall to your representative. Please see the link in the left column segment "FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR."</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://purozone.squarespace.com/storage/dreamstime_5046890.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1262728008187" alt="" /></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 430px;">We can help you get get your ducks lined up, and then help you keep them there. (Ducks are pretty independent, they tend to not stay in a row for long.)</span></span></p>
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