UNIFORM LINEN LEASING COMPANY (U&L) The Uniform Linen Leasing Company was first established in1942 as a small privately-owned company, it aid in production of services such as; renting, cleaning, maintaining and delivering workplace uniforms and lines to local restaurants and hospitals. The founders of the company are William and Charles Miller. The U&L due to technological adoption has grown and has expanded their services throughout the United States. It has increased their services to include rental lease and direct purchase programs.

The Uniform Linen Leasing company is facing competition, one of their largest threat is in the area of increased operational costs, these are rising due to the continuous growth of the company which as a result has led to rising labor wages, workers compensation an increase and aging retirement population with pension and miscellaneous benefits, rising state of unemployment insurance and rising healthcare costs.

The U&L Company put the people's interest first in their provision of services; they provide competitively superior goods and services to their customers and fight to ensure continuous improvement of performance. This has resulted to long-term customer relationship. They ensure significant competitive advantages and fulfillment of careers and achievement of financial goals.

The chief competitor of U&L company is G&K services company.G&K services is the fourth largest and the fastest growing supplier of rental uniforms in United States and Canada. Similar to U&L Company G&K take part in supply of rental uniforms and has also entered uniform manufacturing and direct sales. Different from U&L Company it operates a fleet of 800 services and delivery vehicles.U&L Company has incorporated the corporate social responsibility which is the most important part of U&L's mission statement. The G&K service company has also incorporated...

To curb with this issue to avoid being defeated by its competitors U&L company has decided to open a manufacturing facility in china so as to lower the operating expenses, this plant will be used to manufacture uniforms, there will be overwhelming benefits for U&L company in terms of costs, margins and profit from this new facility in China over a short-run and long-run.
The Uniform Linen Leasing Company lease programs, supplies uniforms and linens but does not include laundry and maintenance services. The lease program should include these services so that to meet the needs of the customers who choose the leasing option.

The operation managers of U&L are concerned with how their efforts to plan, organize and control affect human behavior. They are also concerned on how behavior of subordinates can affect managements planning, organization and controlling action.

An activity that establishes a course of action and guide future decision making in U&L Company is planning. The operations manager defines the objectives for the operations subsystem of the organization, and the policies, and procedures for achieving the objectives. The clarification the role and focus in the organization is also factored in.

There is need to offer training, advisory and leadership training services so that to give business a competitive edge. The company should provide qualified and highly trained employees to be able to serve customers appropriately.

U&L handles a variety of staffing requirements such as; high volume general labor, skilled labor and IT specialists.U&L Company should become a good example of corporate citizenship and social responsibility. More so, to achieve commercial…