How to Make Work More Efficient for Your Hotel Staff

When it comes to running a hotel, there often doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day for your staff to clean rooms, provide room service and get everything they need done. With so much on your to-do list, some simple fixes to the equipment your hotel staff uses may be overlooked. Make your employees’ jobs easier and your guests will benefit from their more efficient service.

Replace Cart Wheels

A quality steel caster wheel is less likely to wear down and will offer your cart operators a smooth experience. Consider all of the carts and other equipment with wheels that your staff uses at the hotel. There are the room service carts to push deluxe meals and the housekeeping carts to haul cleaning supplies and laundry. There are also baggage carts and trash cans. They all get a lot of use. Replace the wheels and they won’t get stuck or tip over because of worn-down edges.

Add or Replace Floor Locks

All it takes is a child running down the hall to send a cart full of cleaning supplies or food flying. Install cart locks on every cart your hotel staff uses so they can safely secure a cart in one location as they work without worrying about it being moved. If you already have locks, make sure they work and replace those that are worn down.

Add Cart Bumpers

Hotel staff often maneuvers carts through tight corridors, elevators, and crowds of guests. Bumpers will make cart operation safer both for your employees and your guests and it will reduce the damage done to the hotel by carts accidentally bumping doors and walls.

Discuss the types of carts and other equipment you use at your hotels with an Access Casters representative. You may be surprised to learn how a stock of replacement casters on hand can make everything from room service to trash collection much easier for your employees. Replacing cart wheels is far less expensive than replacing entire carts.

3 Reasons to Stock Up on Replacement Pallet Jack Wheels

Many factories, warehouses, and shipment centers rely on pallet jacks to move large loads from one corner of the building to another or even to stack loads vertically for storage to create more space. Businesses in a multitude of industries rely on their pallet jacks more than they might realize. That’s one of the many reasons why it’s essential you keep a stock of pallet jack wheels on hand.

It Makes Fixing Pallet Jacks Faster

The most durable pallet jack wheels should last you quite some time, even when the equipment gets frequent use. However, when one wheel gets loose, loses tread or cracks, you want to be able to fix it as quickly as possible. Having a stock of wheels on hand allows you to get the jack up and running within minutes.

It’s Affordable

Replacing the wheels is always more affordable than replacing the wheeled equipment entirely. No matter how tight your budget, you can afford to keep a stock of replacement wheels on hand for your pallet jacks. They may even be cheaper if you purchase them in bulk.

You May Be Getting an Upgrade

The wheels your pallet jacks came with may not have been the most durable and robust wheels available. Some wheels offer better traction, which results in a less bumpy ride, so it’s worth changing the wheels even before the original ones wear out. Look into materials such as polyurethane with and without cast iron cores when looking to upgrade your pallet jack usage.

An Access Casters representative would be happy to help you pick out the right size and material for your pallet jacks. They can also assist you with equipping the other carts and wheeled equipment at your company, such as your hand trucks, dollies, and trash cans, so everything operates at maximum efficiency.