Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Cross-Dock
Cross-dock operations are purposely designed to move product quickly, without long-term storage. When deliveries arrive by truck or railcar, product is unloaded and moved to a staging area. There it is screened, sorted and reconfigured on pallets with other product, and then (usually) promptly reloaded onto outbound trucks or railcars and sent on its way…
Making Automation Easy
Sometimes its daunting to think about automating material handling work. It doesn’t have to be, ELT Systems Group can make it easy.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Rail Vs Wire Guidance
Available new warehouse space continues to be limited and expensive. One solution has been for warehouses to shrink their aisle widths and replace traditional forklifts with narrow aisle reach forklifts. Other warehouses, with high ceilings, reduce their aisles even more and introduce very narrow aisle (VNA) forklifts, such as order pickers and turret trucks. Some…
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: The Changing Pallet Market
Not all pallets are made of wood.
Three Takeaways from MODEX 2022
A lot has changed since the last MODEX event in 2020, yet much has stayed the same.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: The Two Basic Types of Pallets
There are two basic types of pallets: stringer and block. Stringer pallets are the most popular type of pallet in the United States.
Automation Solves Labor and Real Estate Challenges
There are many challenges in today’s manufacturing and material handling world and the two biggest ones are labor and real estate.
Our Retail Services Division offers Balers, Compactors, and more!
The Retail Services Division of Eastern Lift Truck Co. provides baler & compactor and other sales and aftermarket care.
Prepare your Dock and Door for Cold Weather
It’s that time of year again! Being prepared for colder weather is a must for any business, but especially important for those with external docks and doors.
Changing Your Warehouse Rack Layout
Shifting consumer habits and labor shortages are forcing many companies to change how they operate and use their warehousing and manufacturing spaces.
ELT Systems Group Offers Dependable Warehouse Project Management
With the economy ramping up, many companies are looking to keep up by increasing warehouse space, adding new material handling equipment, or implementing automation projects, etc.
ELT Systems Group offers Expert Consultation
The ELT Systems Group along with the experts at Eastern Lift Truck can offer you decades of experience with material handling equipment and solutions.
