The Hotel Laundry Handbook
The complete digital edition of OR 001.
Use it to understand the principles, assumptions and trade-offs behind the models.
OR 001
Professional Edition
From professional reference to practical decision system
The Standard Edition explains the hotel laundry decision.
The Professional Edition provides the models and tools to work through it.
It is designed for owners, operators, consultants and project teams evaluating a real laundry system.
OR 001 is in preparation. The edition descriptions set out the planned launch package. Orders are not yet open.
Professional Edition
Price · USD
$199
Digital handbook · Master Professional Workbook · Quick-Start Guide
One-time purchase. No subscription. No automatic renewal.
What is planned for launch
The tools below form the planned Professional Edition package. Final release depends on completing and validating the full package.
Laundry Workload Calculator
Estimate laundry demand using the operating characteristics of the property rather than relying solely on generic rules of thumb.
Equipment Sizing Model
Translate workload into washing, drying and finishing requirements.
Test:
- machine capacities;
- cycles;
- operating hours;
- equipment utilisation.
Peak & Redundancy Model
Evaluate whether a system that works on the average day also works when:
- demand peaks;
- equipment is unavailable;
- operational conditions change.
OPL vs Outsourcing Model
Compare on-premise laundry and outsourced service on a consistent economic basis.
Total Cost of Ownership Model
Bring together relevant operating and capital costs rather than comparing alternatives on headline price alone.
Linen PAR Calculator
Estimate linen inventory requirements against operating demand and turnaround assumptions.
Linen Loss & Replacement Model
Make linen replacement visible as an operating cost rather than an unexplained annual expense.
Labour Productivity Model
Translate workload and operating assumptions into labour requirements and productivity measures.
Supplier Comparison Tool
Normalize competing proposals so that equipment packages and assumptions can be compared on a more consistent basis.
Procurement Checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing the main technical, commercial and operational issues before commitment.
Commissioning Checklist
Use before equipment and systems are accepted.
Helps structure:
- testing;
- capacity verification;
- utilities;
- training;
- documentation;
- handover.
Operational Audit
Review an existing laundry against the principal operational areas covered by OR 001.
KPI Dashboard
Track the indicators required to understand whether the laundry is performing as expected after opening.
Quick-Start Guide
The Professional Edition also includes a Quick-Start Guide for using the handbook and workbook together.
How it is intended to be used
A typical workflow is:
- Define actual workload
- Test peak demand
- Size washing, drying and finishing as one system
- Evaluate redundancy and operating constraints
- Compare OPL and outsourcing
- Test total economics
- Normalize supplier proposals
- Commission
- Monitor operating performance
The tools are designed to work together rather than as isolated spreadsheets.
Individual Professional Licence
The launch version includes an individual Professional Licence.
You may:
- use the tools in your own professional work;
- use them on projects undertaken for clients;
- incorporate calculated outputs, tables and conclusions into your own reports.
You may not:
- redistribute the source files;
- resell the tools;
- make the files generally available to colleagues or clients;
- represent Operational Reference as having validated or advised on your specific project.
The licence does not include individual consulting support or guaranteed future updates.
Consultants may use the individual Professional Licence on client projects as described above. Multi-user, team and corporate licences are not currently offered as standard products.
For unusual licensing requirements, contact Operational Reference.
Do I need the Professional Edition?
Choose the Standard Edition if you primarily want to understand the subject and have an independent professional reference.
Choose the Professional Edition if you are actively:
- planning a laundry;
- replacing equipment;
- evaluating outsourcing;
- reviewing sizing;
- comparing suppliers;
- diagnosing an existing operation;
- preparing or validating a project decision.
Independent professional tools
The Professional Edition does not replace project-specific engineering, regulatory, legal or other professional advice where required.
Its purpose is to help structure the decision, test assumptions and improve the quality of the questions asked before committing significant capital or operating cost.