I had a couple of recent discussions with fellow laundromat owners researching point-of-sale systems for their drop-off laundry Wash-Dry-Fold services in which the same question came up:
How do you track orders through every stage of cleaning?
It’s a good question! Unlike with dry cleaning where every item is individually tagged or barcoded, bulk laundry cleaning by the pound does not lend itself well to individual garment tracking. Just whose socks are those, anyway? Great systems that inherently help prevent mixups will benefit your laundromat business and help your Wash-Dry-Fold service thrive.
Here is a system we came up with at my family’s business, Liberty Laundry, which can be used with any system, whether or not you’re using a fancy computer point-of-sale system like what I sell or are still using an old-fashioned cash register with carbon-copy tickets: