At their six-story food distribution center, Wal-Mart would occasionally have to deal with spillages of everything from spaghetti sauce to sugar. While a large ride-on sweeper was effective in cleaning the aisles between the pallet racks, the Facilities Manager had no way to clean the pallets and the racks. After trying to use a shop vac with a portable generator, Upkeeper was called in to find a more effective and convenient solution.

Upkeeper Corporation has offered its Cleaning Assessment Program for a number of years. In Wal-Mart’s case, the entire project was accomplished by using the Cleaning Assessment Form as a basis. Subsequent e-mails and phone calls further refined the nature of the problem, and the Wal-Mart Facility Manager provided digital photos via the internet. Once a solution was determined, the equipment was shipped to the Wal-Mart facility for testing and approval.
Upkeeper effected further modifications and refinements until the equipment met the unique needs of the customer.
The response to the Upkeeper Cleaning Assessment Program has been tremen­dous and has resulted in many product improvements to the Upkeeper product line.