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Interesting content & good vibes at the CINET Middle East Best Practices Workshop on 8 December 2019

On Sunday the 8th of December 2019 a group of 24 participants came together at the facilities of Champion Cleaners in Dubai, UAE for the Middle East Best Practices Workshop organized by CINET. From 9 am till 4 pm a full program was set up for the laundries from the region, coming from UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia & Jordan. The workshop was centered around International Quality Management Standards for professional laundry & dry cleaning for retail textile cleaning (garment care) as laid down in the CERCLEAN certification program of CINET. During the event the participants also actively participated by comparing their own processes with the standards and procedures as presented with plenty of room for group discussion.

CERCLEAN® International Quality Standards

In the morning Mr. Leon Wennekes (Secretary General of CINET) went through the complete chapters of the CERCLEAN® handbook for quality management with the support of Mr. Wim Meijer (CINET certified trainer and auditor for Retail Textile Cleaning) and Mr. Simon Hemmes (CINET certified trainer & auditor for industrial textile services).

Longtime industry experts Wim Meijer (Retail) and Simon Hemmes (Industrial) answer all technical questions

 

The topics that were presented and discussed:

A. CERCLEAN® International quality & hygiene management standards:
1.     Company profile & PMC (Product-Market-Combination)

2.     Key KPI’s for best practices

3.     Laundry process control

4.     Sales & customer services

5.     Purchase management

6.     Technique & maintance

7.     Transport

8.     Staff

9.     Administration

10.   Quality

11.    Environment

B. Procedure to get CERCLEAN certified

 

A complete overview of best practices is presented and discussed with the participants
A complete overview of best practices is presented and discussed with the participants

 

A most tasty cold mezze for lunch with plenty of opportunity for networking
A most tasty cold mezze for lunch with plenty of opportunity for networking

 

Supporting suppliers (Seitz, Union, Protek, Realex & Diversey) share their best practices on latest solvents, IT tools for quality management and developments on machinery and detergents

 

Tour to see best practices of Champion Cleaners

After the lunch Mr. Babak Moghaddam of Champion Cleaners showed the group around the plant so participants could see best practices in real operation. Champion Cleaners went through the audit of CERCLEAN the day before the workshop and will soon finish the procedure and get certified.

participants got a detailed insight into the best practices at Champion Cleaners operation such as with the shoe cleaning
Participants got a detailed insight into the best practice operation at Champion Cleaners such as with the shoe & bag cleaning as well as refurbishment, carpet cleaning, baby car cleaning and the regular textile cleaning
Good vibes are the result of the open welcoming hospitality at Champion Cleaners
Good vibes are the result of the open & welcoming hospitality at Champion Cleaners

 

Mr. Moghaddam of Champion Cleaners provides detailed explanations amonst others to Mr. Abdulmohsin Aljabr of Al Jabr Laundries
Mr. Moghaddam of Champion Cleaners provides detailed explanations amongst others to Mr. Abdulmohsin Aljabr of Al Jabr Laundries

 

 

Nr. ONE!! The day ends with an enthusiastic photo session and participants start making plans for a follow up session next year
Nr. ONE!! The day ends with an enthusiastic photo session and participants start making plans for a follow up session next year

Presentation summary of the workshop

In case you are interested in more details from the presentation please contact us at cinet@cinet-online.com or view our e-learning courses.

Short video of the event by supporting partner

On behalf of Union – whom supported event – Wotek attended the workshop and made a short video with some impressions:

 

Many thanks to the supporting partners