Joining Trident, Chennai as a laundry executive in 2012, Kamaldeep Singh rapidly moved up the ranks to become senior assistant manager for the laundry department, overseeing the processing of around 1,500 to 1,800 kg of laundry daily. He brought down the daily boiler use by four hours in 2015-16, resulting in monthly savings of INR 2.14lakh. Singh has also reduced the daily diesel consumption from 651 litres in 2014-15 to 496 litres in 2015-16, increasing operational profits by 23 percent.
By optimal utilisation of resources, the use of laundry supplies and chemicals was brought down by 4 percent and 15 percent, respectively for the same period. Similar other initiatives resulted in Trident, Chennai’s laundry department’s profitability increasing from 21 percent to 46 percent last year, earning Singh accolades from the hotel’s management
