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News, tips, software updates, advice and insight on operations
management from a technology innovator.

March 4, 2016

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The Spindle team attended its 9th consecutive CSC convention in Las Vegas this week. As always, the turnout was wonderful, and it was great to see all of our existing customers as well as all of our industry friends and prospects. The highlight of the show for Spindle was the interactive customer demos on the floor using SpindleLIVE, and the many mobile devices available. Thank you to CSC for a very well attended and organized event.
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March 2, 2016

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The following are a selection of quotes published in a recent article in Textile Services:

Spindle operations management software helps commercial laundries maximize capacity utilization and increase pounds/kilograms per operator hour.
“The PPOH improvement has exceeded our expectations, but, more importantly, our employees can feel what success feels like because of the real-time feedback, and that is priceless.” Vaughn Austin - Aramark

Spindle’s visual workplace engages all employees and encourages them to meet production standards, improving equipment availability and ensuring important requirements are being met first.
“My hanging area is the biggest success. There are monitors hanging there and the employees strive to be in the green.” Christina Mault - Doritex

Spindle's Analyst team has a comprehensive eight week onboarding and training program that builds adoption and engagement and delivers savings opportunities; return on investment occurs in under 12 months.
“The ongoing monitoring by Spindle and regular feedback with actionable information is what sets them apart.”Jim Buik – Roscoe.

Global benchmarking and best practice sharing are easy with SpindleLIVE and our comprehensive reporting and analysis tools.
“I use Spindle to benchmark employee performances, enabling me to determine the best employee for each position. Using this approach improves the overall performance of the plant.” Mark Koval – Dempsey.
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February 16, 2016

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Spindle’s Corporate Account team has begun hosting monthly training sessions, which are open to any of our customers. These interactive meetings are designed to provide continuous education for new or seasoned Spindle users. Training videos can be viewed prior to the sessions using Spindle’s support site, and customers are encouraged to come prepared with questions for the meeting host. Our Corporate Account team will continue to evaluate its training program and elicit feedback from our customers in order to provide the most value.
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February 15, 2016

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New features include:

  • Added equipment overview help files
  • Requirements Page UI enhancements
  • Mobile view UI enhancements
  • Analysis Page efficiency rollup fix
  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements
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January 29, 2016

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New features include:

  • Hourly productivity report
    • Hourly analysis based on Employee, Classification or Equipment filters
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January 27, 2016

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New features include:

  • OEE Ranking Portal
    • Added OEE Ranking Portal to Home Page
  • Analysis Page
    • Mobile view enhancement
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December 1, 2015

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Spindle has released the Analysis portal on SpindleLIVE, designed to replace the previously used local reporting. This tool is designed to manipulate both real time and historical data at your fingertips. The page can start with the following databases:

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May 7, 2015

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  • Equipment tracking "Equipment Page"
    • Monitor real time OEE
    • Daily equipment downtime analysis
    • Equipment level pieces per operator hour
  • Maintenance and engineering tracking "Engineering Page"
    • Real-time engineering status
    • Engineering hours and issues logged
  • Equipment Status Page
    • Monitor current equipment status
    • Filter by department, status and OEE
    • Drill through to "Equipment Page"
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May 7, 2015

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Thank you to all the customers and visitors who came to see us at the Clean Show in Atlanta, GA. The excited and enthusiastic responses to SpindleLIVE including the new features on requirements, equipment availability, OEE and staffing have been very rewarding. If you would like to give your feedback or help us prioritize the next features and functionality please complete this short survey: Click here for survey. One lucky winner can kick start their SpindleLIVE program by winning an 8" tablet! (Chicago)
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May 4, 2015

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Customers have been loving the Spindle Analyst Teams new videos identifying opportunities in their plant using SpindleLIVE. Comments coming from Executives, "This is revolutionary…," General Managers, "This is of huge benefit to my team…,” and Plant Managers, "This is incredible!" and, "I love it!" Great to see Innovation is appreciated from all areas of the Spindle team! (Chicago)
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May 4, 2015

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SpindleLIVE version 1.1.2 has been released.
New features include:
Option for browser to remember user name and password
Lunch and break alert will include all employees with daily excess time
Added expand all / collapse all feature
Added ability to select multiple departments on Team Status page
Added new report "KPI Summary"
Allows for up to 6 KPI tracking metrics
Added Equipment Overview portlet to equipment page
Equipment reports rewritten and added to SpindleLIVE
Bug fixes
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April 20, 2015

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Alsco acquires Admiral Linen and Uniform Rental Services. This move adds eight processing plants to the existing 73 Alsco plants in North America. Check out the American Laundry News coverage of the Alsco acquisition. (Salt Lake City)
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April 20, 2015

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Alsco acquires Admiral Linen and Uniform Rental Services. This move adds eight processing plants to the existing 73 Alsco plants in North America. Check out the American Laundry News coverage of the Alsco acquisition. (Salt Lake City)
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April 16, 2015

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Come and see Spindle at the Clean Show in Booth #3294 we will be showing full functionality beta site of SpindleLIVE.com with Requirements portals and Staffing Models. (Georgia)
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April 8, 2015

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"It's amazing what another set of eyes can do. We've been doing things a certain way for so many years but you opened our eyes!" — Linen customer General Manager's response after being shown a 25% increase in Pounds per Operator Hour through using Spindle. (California)
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March 27, 2015

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Chris Dobrez is promoted to President of Dober, Spindle's parent company. (Illinois)
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March 27, 2015

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Mike Engels is promoted to VP of Technology leading the Spindle Development Group. (Illinois)
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March 17, 2015

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SpindleLIVE version 1.1.1 has been released.
New features include:
Added "Forgot Password" functionality to login screen
Added 4 square navigation tool to Facility Page, Team Status Page, Department Page and Employee Page
Added scrolling and sorting function to Top 5 Portlets on Equipment page
Added Pending Maintenance and Down for Maintenance Portlets to Equipment Page
Column sort capabilities
Bug fixes
Employee Page Changes:
Added Other Area portlet displaying time spent in task with no standard
Added Employee Trend portlet
Added employee time stamps (Start, Lunch, End Lunch, End Shift)
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February 24, 2015

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SpindleLIVE version 1.1.0 has been released.
New features include:
Added Equipment portlet to Corporate Page detailing Overall Equipment Efficiency
Added Equipment Trend Page displaying Overall Equipment Efficiency and Equipment Availability.
Added Equipment Facility Page displaying maintenance and production downtime by reason codes and equipment.
Column sort capabilities
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February 12, 2015

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SpindleLIVE version 1.0.3 has been released.
New features include:
Table header readability improvements
Bug fixes
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