Supply Chain Woes? Get on the Right Path with AI Forklift Safety System
There’s no doubt that the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the supply chain and challenges still remain today. Now with the rise of AI, AI supply chain is becoming increasingly popular. According to a 2022 McKinsey survey, respondents reported that the highest cost savings from AI are in supply chain management. Specifically, AI can add value to supply chain planning, including production, inventory management, and product distribution. Guess what is part of the supply chain and is instrumental in making it all work together…forklifts.
As the AI supply chain implementation rolls down to where the work gets done, it’s the people working side by side with the technology and with forklifts. However, why are companies leaving it to chance for forklift accidents to occur when the AI technology is there to prevent accidents. Let’s discuss how AI for forklifts can have a positive effect on the AI Supply Chain.
Avoiding Accidents with Pedestrians and Objects
As we noted, AI supply chain begins with AI for forklifts. The purpose of the AI technology on the forklift is to warn the operator that a hazard is nearby and you need to take immediate action to prevent an impact.
The AI camera, which can be mounted on one, two, three or all four sides of the forklift is constantly scanning every 60ms searching and identifying obstacles in the forklift’s path. The forklift safety system has already learned the difference between a human and an object. As it takes in the information, within a fraction of a second it knows if it is a human or an object. Once it identifies what the hazard is within its path, it then gives an audio and visual warning to the operator. The visual warning is either a symbol of a human or a symbol of an object (box) that alerts the driver to know what to look for. This is valuable information that all happens within a fraction of a second.
Partial Detection of a Human
It often happens that workers are bent over, crouching or crawling into and out of the racking system. Keeping the production going is all part of the AI supply chain. That is why it is critical to know when it is a person rather than an object. Many times, workers are by boxes, bending over to pick something up, unloading a box or even cleaning a section out. When that happens, and a forklift is around, you do not want to have the forklift move those boxes without knowing that a person is behind them. If a foot, elbow, part of the head is sticking out, our system is trained to know and identify that a person is behind those boxes in order to keep the operator and others around them safe.
Capturing the Data and Storing it in a Telemetry Dashboard for Analysis
You have all this new data, what can you use it for? The data collected can go directly to the AI supply chain production. The data can give you insights into improving the productivity of your workflow. Now we also know that the workflow can change often. The insights can give you information into where hot spots or high risk accidents can occur.
It will also give you insights into near misses, how many confrontations with people and objects and with who and where in order to reduce the risks.
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