Panasonic achieves 95.65% cleaning audit score with Mrs Buckét

Panasonic Manufacturing UK has achieved a 95.65% cleaning audit score at its Cardiff facility following its long-standing partnership with commercial cleaning specialist, Mrs Buckét.

Mrs Buckét has been providing professional cleaning services to Panasonic Manufacturing UK since 2019, when the manufacturer made the decision to outsource its cleaning operations for the first time. Since then, Panasonic has reported a “tenfold” improvement in cleaning standards across the site. Most recently, this was reflected in an outstanding audit score of 95.65%.

With more than 500 employees, Panasonic’s Cardiff manufacturing facility has produced a wide range of innovative products. Before partnering with Mrs Buckét, all its facilities management had been handled in-house, making the appointment of an external cleaning provider a significant change for the business.

However, the relationship has gone on to play an important role in Panasonic Manufacturing UK’s wider transformation, with both businesses working closely together to continually improve standards, share ideas and solve challenges.

Rob Blowers, Managing Director of Panasonic Manufacturing UK, said:

“Mrs Buckét and Panasonic Manufacturing UK have worked together for the past six or seven years. It started as a very brief conversation around a cleaning contract, which we progressed with, and ever since we have seen the cleaning activities undertaken across the business improve tenfold.

“The improvement has been so significant that a large part of our recent transformation can be attributed to our cleaning activities.

“Rachael and I talk frequently. We share ideas and knowledge and have essentially become a sounding board for each other. I think Mrs Buckét and Panasonic Manufacturing UK have a real cultural fit. We share similar values, we’re open and transparent in our conversations and, when we have challenges, we work through them together.

“Fundamentally, the Mrs Buckét team understand what we are trying to achieve as a business and actively contribute towards helping us achieve it – proved by the impressive latest cleaning audit score we have achieved.”

The relationship with Panasonic Manufacturing demonstrates the impact that a collaborative approach to outsourced facilities services can have, not only on day-to-day cleaning standards but on the wider working environment and subsequently, the culture of a major manufacturing site.

For Mrs Buckét, the 95.65% audit score is testament to a shared commitment to continually raising standards.