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Management By the Book
Encyclopedia for the Textile Maintenance Industry.
Seminar Handouts
List of handouts provided to past Phillips & Associates Seminar attendees.
Textile Maintenance Bulletins
Articles dedicated to continuing education for the Textile Maintenance Industry.
Business professionals may often wonder why they even need a consultant. Apprehension
is usually based on lack of understanding as to how a consultant can help one’s
business. Isn’t there someone already on staff with the expertise needed
to resolve a problem or plan a project? Most often, businesses are now too complex
to employ all of the expertise needed to compete in today’s marketplace.
Also, staff members may not be able to devote the time necessary to research
and develop a project without detracting from their own regular daily tasks.
Phillips & Associates, Inc., is a full service consulting and engineering
firm that, because of its expertise, can provide a wide range of professional
services to the textile maintenance industry. Thus allowing the client’s
staff to be productive where they are most needed.
The following sections detail each of the services provided by Phillips &
Associates, Inc. They are grouped into four major service categories: operational
consulting, design consulting, scientific services, and Legal (expert witness)
assistance
Operational Consulting
Our operational consultants are attuned to profit and loss considerations within
an operating facility. These consultants are able to analyze an operation and
determine if it is operating at maximum efficiency.
Design Consulting
Phillips & Associates can fulfill a wide range of your design consulting
needs, from working with your architects and engineers, to providing total design
implementation.
Scientific Services
To meet the growing needs of an industry that is rapidly seeing textile damage,
machinery damage, and chemical damage in the millions of dollars, P&A established
the first totally independent testing laboratory service.
Expert Witness Services
In today's litigious society, there is a great need for firms who are experienced
in all facets of the laundry business to serve as an expert witness. P&A
is well versed in matters of product liability, chemical misuse, linen failures,
fire investigation, employee malfeasance, accounting fraud and many other legal
needs.
Operations Policy & Procedure Manuals
Whether going for ISO 9000 accreditation or just wanting to get everything together
in one place many clients are seeking Operations Manuals that will lay out everything
anyone would want to know about running a laundry. These are available for Contract
Management Operations, Healthcare, Hospitality, Shipboard or even specialized
for Sugical Linen Packroom Operations.
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