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…director of iWarehouse solutions for Raymond Corp., a lift truck vendor. “The overall theme we’re seeing right now is labor,” says Kaumo. “Labor is consistently a top concern because of the shortage of skilled operators and also retention of operators. That makes improving labor efficiencies fundamental.” Lift truck suppliers offer a broad range of technologies, including telematics and fleet software,…
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…regional parts service manager for Raymond dealer Associated. That can be a problem when your business can least afford it. Another common mistake is thinking that this is just about maintenance. It’s not. “Planning for peak is an entire facility activity,” explains Derek Lang, Swisslog’s vice president of customer service. He goes on to say that maintenance needs to work…
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…As John Rosenberger of The Raymond Corp. says, “we are breaking through the inertia of ‘can digital work in maintenance’ to ‘this works really well, let’s go.’” Digital training To be fair, 2007 didn’t just happen. All those milestones were years in the making, just like what’s happening now in maintenance. While the scale of what happened in the 2007…
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…of global telematics for The Raymond Corp., is that some earlier variants of automated lift trucks required guidance infrastructure such as reflectors or tags embedded in the floor. Such installations go against the grain of the as-a-service concept, he adds. “With an ‘as a service’ model, or a subscription model, it implies that you can pay for a service and…
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…of VR training supplier Really-Virtual Corp. (RVC). Others in the field agree with Morgan and with good reason. While most people start with VR as a powerful training tool, the technology delivers more. To start, it can also be used for screening employees. In other words, it helps to determine early on if someone is suited to operating a lift…
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…of VR training supplier Really-Virtual Corp. (RVC). Others in the field agree with Morgan and with good reason. While most people start with VR as a powerful training tool, the technology delivers more. To start, it can also be used for screening employees. In other words, it helps to determine early on if someone is suited to operating a lift…
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…beginning to scale up. Brain Corp. has deployed 5,000 systems primarily in retail, and BlueBotics has deployed some 2,000 robots for intralogistics in and around the supply chain. Meanwhile MiR, an AMR company acquired by Teradyne in 2018, is beginning to achieve growth rates in excess of the company’s other robotics acquisition of major cobot developer, Universal Robots. The distinction…
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…and global telematics for The Raymond Corp. Ensuring safety checklists are done thoroughly carries a maintenance benefit. Fleet software can help with digital notation of checklists, while telematics data can be used to see if operators are fully carrying out certain checklist procedures, such as moving a unit to check braking, Rosenberger explains. “When checklists are followed, that tends to…
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…of a Lifetime Elizabeth Buza, Raymond Corp. Trip of a Lifetime #2 This is the last MHI show for Tom Carbott, MHI Senior Vice President - Exhibition. “He is the ultimate professional and has done an absolutely incredible job,” said Prest. As a token of appreciation for his 27 years with MHI, Tom was also awarded a Trip of a…
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…and global telematics for The Raymond Corp. “Nobody expects a cliff, but it is cooling down.” According to Brian Markison, senior director of sales and marketing for UniCarriers Americas, the trend began toward the end of 2018. Although the record year finished with modest growth, the first half was up 14% and the second down 9%. Despite the deceleration heading…
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…low- and high-light performance. The Raymond Corp. Booth: S2003 Reduce fatigue in manual pallet loading, unloading with leveler The P4 Floor Height Load Leveler improves worker productivity and reduces fatigue in manual pallet loading and unloading operations. It includes a pan-style platform that lowers to floor height so pallets can be placed and removed with hand pallet truck. In loading…
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…and global telematics for The Raymond Corp., says OEMs, dealers, end-users and third parties have gotten much better in recent years at turning the fire hose of data into a manageable fountain. “But, it’s a broad fountain. They don’t just want utilization data, they want to know where it has traveled, some environmental considerations, temperature changes, the list goes on,”…
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…stand-up counterbalanced lift trucks. The Raymond Corp Booth B3747a Test automation software targets supply chain process validation Cycle test automation software validates critical warehouse functions like picking, shipping and receiving to ensure that the end-user process and the software application used work as expected. To enable technical and non-technical team members to read and write tests, the software’s testing language…
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…solutions for Yale Materials Handling Corp. “There are two drivers leading to operators’ ever-increasing involvement in purchasing decisions in the distribution environment. One is the industry’s obsession with every ounce of productivity, and the second is to make equipment as ergonomic as possible to limit turnover, which averages something like 35% for warehouse workers.” For this annual Lift Truck issue,…
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…sales and marketing for The Raymond Corp., offers the example of a new reach model with four-directional travel capability. “It was developed for customers who needed an easier way to handle long, bulky loads,” Combs says. “It was something we were seeing consistently and that needed to be addressed.” Combs emphasized the closer pairing of equipment and application as a…
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