Managed uniform programs and workwear financing
Your uniform program is an asset, not a laundry bill
Most companies treat workwear as an unmanaged expense: bought per site, replaced on complaint, discarded at random, with no visibility into true program cost.
CHG-MERIDIAN manages it like any other asset:
- We finance the garments as one predictable cost
- We track them across their full working life
- We manage what happens at end of the lease term
- We are not a laundry service. We don't collect, wash, or deliver garments
- We work alongside whatever garment care arrangement you already have
Either way, you finally get a managed uniform program you can see and measure.
Why finance an employee uniform program?
An employee uniform program is one of the few company-wide costs that almost nobody manages centrally. Financing it with asset management turns a scattered expense into a program you can see and control.
Workwear we finance and manage
CHG-MERIDIAN finances workwear across every supplier, from a single site to a program covering thousands of employees in several countries.
Workwear we finance includes:
Coveralls, work shirts, trousers, and jackets for plant and shop floor teams. The everyday garments that make up the bulk of most programs.
Hi-vis, flame resistant, and protective garments where compliance matters. These carry the highest replacement cost, so tracking them properly matters most.
Front of house, driver, and service team uniforms where brand presentation is part of the job. For a corporate uniform program, we finance the branded garments the same way we finance industrial workwear.
Safety boots and the personal protective equipment issued alongside the uniform, financed under the same agreement.
Programs that span plants, regions, or countries, brought under one agreement instead of a separate arrangement in every location.
You choose the garments and the supplier. We finance the program and manage it across its life.
How uniform program management and leasing differ from uniform rental
A uniform rental company owns the garments, launders them, and delivers them on a route. You pay for that service every week, and the garments are never yours. It is a reasonable model, and for some businesses it is the right one.
Uniform program management works differently from uniform rental and traditional uniform leasing. You choose the garments and the supplier. We finance them and manage them as assets, with visibility into what the program costs across every site and a plan for what happens at the end. If you already have a garment care provider, nothing changes.
What comes with a managed uniform program with CHG-MERIDIAN?
A forklift stays where you put it. Workwear leaves with people who quit, changes with people who move roles, and disappears in ways nobody records. We track issue and return by employee, so the loss you have always absorbed quietly finally becomes visible.
The real cost of a uniform program is not the first order. It is the constant re-issuing as people join, leave, change size, and change role. Our tesma platform helps you manage that churn as part of the agreement, so a high turnover site does not quietly become your most expensive one.
Most companies cannot say what their uniform program costs. We can. Every garment, site, and cost sits in one place, so the program finally has a number attached to it.
Worn workwear is almost always thrown away. We manage collection and recycling instead, which matters for both waste cost and reporting.
Flame resistant and high visibility garments have to be replaced on a schedule, not when they look worn. Missing that is a safety and liability problem, not a budget one. We track service life per garment, so replacement happens on time and you can prove it did.
Every garment carries a stitched-in RFID tag that's scanned at each stage — collected from the employee, loaded for transport, at the washing facility, and back on rollout. So you know a given jacket has, say, 11 wash cycles on it against the reference point for replacement, and because each employee has a personal TESMA account with set entitlements (8 shirts, 2 jackets, 2 pants), you can see exactly what each person holds.
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Frequently asked questions: managed uniform programs
A managed uniform program treats workwear as an asset rather than a recurring expense. CHG-MERIDIAN finances the garments, tracks them across their working life, and manages collection and recycling at the end. You get one predictable cost and a clear view of what the program costs across every site.
No. We are not a laundry or garment care company. We do not collect, launder, or deliver garments. We finance and manage the program as an asset, and we work alongside whatever garment care arrangement you already have in place.
With a uniform rental, the rental company owns the garments, launders them, and delivers them on a route — the garments are never yours. With uniform program management through CHG-MERIDIAN, you own the choice of garment and supplier, and CHG-MERIDIAN finances and manages the program, giving you full cost visibility across every location.
Yes. CHG-MERIDIAN does not make or sell garments and is not tied to any manufacturer, so you choose the workwear that fits the job and the brand — and the lease is built around your choice.
Industrial and manufacturing workwear, high visibility and protective clothing, branded corporate and customer facing uniforms, and the footwear and personal protective equipment issued alongside them.
At the end of a CHG-MERIDIAN workwear leasing program, CHG-MERIDIAN manages collection and recycling, so worn uniforms are not simply thrown away. That matters for waste cost and, increasingly, for sustainability reporting.
Yes. Multi-country workwear programs are usually a patchwork of local arrangements. CHG-MERIDIAN standardizes them under one agreement across 35 countries, so every location follows the same process.
It turns a scattered, unmeasured expense into a single predictable payment. Most companies cannot say what their uniform program actually costs across the business. Financing it gives the program a number and an owner.
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