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|Articles|November 25, 2014
ISSA Announces 2014 Best Customer Service Award Winners
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ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, announces the 10 winners of the 2014 ISSA Best Customer Service Awards. Selected by attendees during ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America 2014, the awards are presented to exhibitors for their exemplary customer contact.
Distributors, building service contractors, and in-house cleaning service providers who attended ISSA/INTERCLEAN, held in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 4-7, used the show's mobile app to cast their votes for the awards, based on which exhibitors’ staff best answered questions, offered solutions, and otherwise provided outstanding interaction with their customers during the event.
The following companies received the most votes out of 685 exhibitors:
3M Commercial Solutions Division
A.R. North America, Inc.
Abco Products Co.
Advance
CleanTelligent Software
Expanded Technologies Corp.
J & M Technologies, Inc.
ProTeam, Inc.
Rep Toolkit
Step1 Software Solutions
Source: ISSA
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