Differences in Uniform Rental vs Ownership

Differences in Uniform Rental vs Ownership

By SITEX Corp   /    Wednesday, July 29, 2020   /   , , , , ,

What are the main differences between uniform rental services and uniform ownership? The answers aren’t complicated, but they are complete eye-openers.

Ownership and rental can differ on many points, but it is with cost, maintenance, and convenience where the difference is most palpable.  

Cost

Owning uniforms means high upfront costs on top of the cost of their maintenance that you (or your employees) will have to tackle yourselves. This means that your business either invests in some high-end industrial laundry facility and hires additional people to man this department, or relies on employees to maintain their own uniforms. Improperly maintained uniforms, as is the risk that comes with leaving the uniform upkeep in the hands of your employees, can mean more frequent replacements to pay for too.

Renting uniforms, on the other hand, means working with a reliable partner who organizes cleaning and payment for you. The cost that comes with uniform rentals include the cost of handling and maintenance. This, with the assurance of better maintenance and the longevity that comes with it, translates to savings in the long run.

Maintenance

Utilizing a uniform rental service means professional care in industrial, automated facilities. Professional, efficient automation ensures fast and safe and accurate laundry management. Additionally, our methods and formulations precisely match your your uniform needs. Our cleaning procedures remove stains and other impurities while preserving garment integrity.  This is especially crucial for items used as protective garments. For example, industrial uniforms like FR uniforms that rely on proper laundry methods to maintain their protective qualities.

Owning uniforms, on the other hand, means your business or your employees will have to maintain the uniforms. Matching the level and efficiency of laundry and maintenance in industrial facilities is virtually impossible to achieve without the facility, not to mention the professional aptitude in uniform rental service providers. When employees take their uniforms home, the level of wear and tear depends on how well they can manage the garments – and that raises the risk of having some employees coming to work with poorly maintained, fading, or stained uniforms.

Convenience

Convenience is obviously where uniform rental services have ownership beat, and not just for the employees! The company benefits from a high-tech uniform rental service where each item is tracked using something like RFID. With tracking, you get detailed information not only about your uniforms’ whereabouts but also your uniforms’ usage – their costs, repairs, replacements, etc. This makes for easy inventory and supply management.

It also helps that everything is ready to use at every shift so you won’t have to worry about anyone coming late to work because they didn’t have uniforms to use, or operations getting delayed due to lack of available protective garments. One headache less is one victory more.

Rent Your Uniforms with SITEX!

Whether you’re ready to take the rental plunge or are seriously considering it, we’re here to help! Call SITEX today at (270) 631-2231 and we’ll gladly walk you through your options.