Patent ID: 8744623

Claim:
A system, comprising: a plurality of timed dispensers, each of which holds an associated chemical product used during cleaning of a facility, each timed dispenser comprising: a container configured to hold the associated chemical product; a dispense mechanism that when actuated results in dispensation of the associated chemical product from the container; an actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the dispense mechanism and generate a corresponding dispenser actuation signal; a timing module that receives the dispenser actuation signal and measures a minimum contact time from receipt of the actuation signal; an indicator that is activated under control of the timing module when the minimum contact time has elapsed; and a memory that stores dispenser actuation data, wherein the dispenser actuation data includes a count of dispenser actuations, time and date stamps associated with each dispenser actuation, and timed dispenser identification information; and a computing device that receives the dispenser actuation data from each of the plurality of timed dispensers, the computing device comprising: an analysis application that analyzes the dispenser actuation data received from each of the plurality of timed dispensers, and determines whether sufficient dispenser actuations were performed during a predetermined period of time to clean a defined area within the facility; and a reporting application that generates reports that characterize timed dispenser usage based on analysis of the actuation data.