Articles > The New Moat in Commercial Cleaning June 10, 2026 | By Jeff Cross The workplace looks nothing like it did six years ago. Labor shortages, hybrid offices, automation, robots, IoT sensors, and the highest inflation in decades have reshaped how buildings get cleaned and how cleaning companies survive. For Jill Frey of Cummins Facility Services, every one of those pressure points aims in the same direction: technology, and the discipline to actually use it.