Yale Material Handling White Papers

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Prepare your warehouse for the new OSHA safety program

Understand OSHA's safety emphasis program, including criteria compliance officers will look for during inspection and strategies to prevent citations.

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What to consider when buying a forklift

These are the five most important factors to evaluate when buying or leasing lift trucks/forklifts. In order to maximize the value of lift truck investments, it is imperative that businesses pinpoint and carefully weigh the factors that will help them select the best equipment to suit their needs. Which considerations should operations prioritize when acquiring new lift trucks? Which factors should shape their buying decisions?

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Top Distribution Center Benchmarking Metrics | Yale

Track performance, identify opportunities, and benchmark against peers to improve warehouse efficiency. Review 12 of the most important distribution center metrics.

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Planned Maintenance, the Key to Peak Performance

Planned maintenance is the key to keeping your equipment—and your operation—running at peak productivity. Following a program that is tailored to your equipment, the way it is used, and the environment in which it operates, you can cut 10% - 40% off your total maintenance costs.

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The five best warehouse applications for automated forklifts

Automated forklifts are growing in popularity for applications in warehousing and manufacturing. With warehouse turnover well over 50%, operations are turning to automation to relieve their dependency on a transient labor pool, reduce operating costs and help increase efficiency.

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How to navigate the forklift lease process?

This white paper not only explores why businesses are leasing their forklift/ lift truck fleets it also offers guidance on getting the best deal.

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Operator assist system myths busted

Lift truck operator assist systems (OAS) are often misunderstood. Just another telemetry tool? A magic wand that makes equipment stronger or able to operate itself? Or a cumbersome tool that gets in the way of productivity? This white paper explores common OAS myths and the real nature of this emerging category of lift truck solutions.

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Material handling best practices to reduce the risk of food safety incidents

Did you know that in 2021 alone, 15.5 million pounds of food were recalled by the USDA? Are you doing everything you can in your facility to avoid food safety incidents? You are a click away from a material handling best practices white paper to help reduce risks.

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Material handling technology to assist forklift operators

Warehouse operations depend on lift truck operators performing at their best in order to meet throughput targets. Find out how forklift operator assistance systems are helping to reinforce best practices and proper operation.

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Warehouse efficiency improvements by choosing forklifts powered by hydrogen fuel cells

E-commerce sales grew 44% in 2020 and a Forrester report projects more than 25% of all retail sales to be online by 2024. With demand continuing to rise, logistics operations are under pressure to support expectations for broad selection and fast delivery, while tightly controlling costs, and converting electric forklift power to hydrogen fuel cells can be the right path.

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Reducing costs with robotic forklifts

Robotic lift trucks can help lower costs up to 70%. See how the labor, maintenance and equipment savings stack up.

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Get the most out of your warehouse labor

Labor challenges negatively impact the warehouse industry. Here’s how to curb turnover and improve productivity.

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Optimize warehouse productivity and order fulfillment

Three ways to boost productivity and order fulfillment efficiency for warehouses charged with delivering on customer expectations for robust product selection and faster delivery.

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Seven factors of your warehouse operation to find the right forklift power source

The seven factors of your warehouse operation that you should consider to find the right forklift power source. Matching your fleet with your unique application requirements.

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Six signs you need to reevaluate your lift truck power source

Today’s manufacturing and distribution operations face unprecedented competitive pressures, with a challenging labor market, rising commercial real estate costs and e-commerce growth you might need to reevaluate your current lift truck fleet power. This guide can help you to identify the best forklift power for your operation.

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Seven ways to enhance productivity and safety

Lift truck safety is vital for warehousers and can boost productivity. Understand effective training and tech tools.

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Warehouse picking efficiency at distribution centers and tips to increase warehouse capacity

In warehouses and distribution centers, fast and accurate order fulfillment defines success, so it's important to prioritize capacity and picking efficiency. As SKU counts increase and order profiles change, racking and slotting systems that functioned adequately in the past may begin to compromise order fulfillment efficiency.

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Hydrogen fuel cell forklifts can help you to enhance operational productivity

What if your materials handling operation could achieve higher operational productivity, eliminate cumbersome battery charging infrastructure and deliver consistently high performance? Well, it’s possible with forklifts powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and today’s materials handling industry is the perfect fit for this power source solution.

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A practical approach to implementing robotics

Thinking about robotics? To equip your warehouse for a successful implementation, consider these steps.