Emerging Trends in the Material Handling Industry
Each year, automation and technology innovations push material handling capabilities into the future. Our interconnected, global market is a highly competitive space. If you want to outperform local and international competition, you need to be on the cutting edge. Understanding emerging trends in the material handling industry can help you boost productivity while keeping costs…
The Top 12 Most Important Safety Tips for Forklift Operators
Forklifts are critical components of many projects, and they are also potentially dangerous pieces of heavy equipment. In 2022, forklifts were related to 73 workplace deaths and nearly 25,000 Days Away From Work, Job Restriction or Transfer (DART) cases. Transportation incidents were the leading cause of all incidents. Protect your team, pedestrians and machinery with…
Common Problems With Loading Dock Equipment
Your loading dock area is likely one of the busiest in your facility. With constant foot traffic, and forklifts moving heavy loads to and from trucks and trailers, and constant stress from weather elements, these areas can quickly face problems. As issues surface on the loading dock they need to be address promptly to avoid…
Pallet Racking Basics
Which Type of Pallet Racking is Best for My Warehouse? There are a number of different types of pallet racking systems available today. Even seasoned warehouse operators may be challenged to fully-understand the features and benefits, positives, and negatives of each type of racking. In this blog post, we hope to provide helpful information on…
Tips for Warehouse Layout Efficiency
Warehouse layouts significantly impact operational efficiency. Proper layouts provide safer spaces for workers and allow seamless equipment options. Having an organized facility can also lead to boosted customer satisfaction and maximized revenue. Creating a new warehouse layout can seem challenging, but the right tips can make the process easier and ensure you maximize your space…
How to Select the Right Commercial UTV for You
First, some history about Polaris, the company that introduced the first UTV. Polaris manufactured its first snowmobile in 1955 and in the following decades, parlayed its success into product development and new markets. In 1985 Polaris became the first American company to build an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV for short. They named it the Trail…
AGVs vs. AMRs: Exploring the Key Differences in Warehouse Automation
Today, tasks like moving, packing, loading and unloading goods are more advanced than ever. Industries can use state-of-the-art mechanisms to complete operations more efficiently, resulting in fewer labor-intensive tasks and increased productivity and revenue. Improving your processes with robotic automation allows you to stay ahead of your industry, streamline processes, maximize efficiency and enhance working…
Cross Docking
Cross docking is a practice where materials are transferred from inbound trucking to outbound trucking. Cross docking allows for operations to move, combine and sort less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments prior to final delivery. In practice, these operations utilize multiple staging areas where inbound materials are sorted and checked and stored until being delivered to outbound docks…
Eastern Lift Truck Co.’s Quick Response Aids Marine Terminal Operator in Need
Operating a busy marine port with full rail and interstate highway access is challenging, even for a company with more than one hundred years of experience and the ability to handle a variety of shipments from bulk and breakbulk, to project cargo, and Ro/Ro. Last summer, one such deep-water, multimodal terminal, contacted Eastern Lift Truck…
Small Goods and Tote Transport
There are many applications in any operation that require the movement of small goods or small containers of products, supplies or ready-to-ship boxes that aren’t palletized. ELT Systems Group’s robotic solutions can automate these workflows with a cart-based system. With the OTTO 100 you can stage carts with different shelving configurations throughout your facility with…
Emergency Procedures
Every facility has its own safety procedures in the case of an emergency. In the case of a fire, for example, all fork truck operators must park their trucks in a place that does not obstruct any emergency exits, fire extinguishers etc. When it comes to robotic lift trucks, the requirements are the same for…
Inbound to Quality Control or Staging
In some operations like cross-docking or manufacturing, pallets that are delivered to an inbound staging area need to moved throughout the facility to different quality control or staging areas. The pallets are placed in staging lanes and need to be scanned and delivered to an appropriate area. In order to automate these workflows a myriad…
