Boosting Greater Productivity with an AI Forklift Safety System
A recent case study for a manufacturer was interesting as the story discussed downtime with their manufacturing equipment. The plant manager took the time and went line by line and observed different productivity levels. They brought in an outside consultant to figure out what was going on in three key areas: yield, productivity and downtime. The result increased their productivity by 15% to 20%, a big achievement. However, instead of a production line, can forklifts, a much more fluid solution, gain better results? Can boosting greater productivity with an AI forklift safety system achieve a 15% to 20% increase in productivity? Let’s find out.
Boosting Greater Productivity with an AI Forklift Safety System
Let us first identify the current problem or situation in the facility today. We know that maintenance managers comply with OSHA standards for checking forklifts. If it’s done accurately or not, especially when its paper based, will differ from facility to facility. But the results of those forklift inspections are used by maintenance to help determine the health of the forklift.
Now add on impacts. The forklifts are moving constantly in the facility and impacts occur when turning corners, backing up, driving too fast… to just name a few. When the impacts occur, most will not be reported and only those that cause a more serious accident will be reported. But what you can count on is that at the end of the day the forklift is banged up and scratched. Do you really know the internal problems from the impacts? No.
AI Forklift Safety System
This is where you have the opportunity of boosting greater productivity with an AI forklift safety system. With an AI forklift safety system by SIERA AI, you will be able to turn the paper into a digital forklift inspection that digitally tracks all of the answers so you can look at the data over time and make actionable decisions on keeping the forklifts healthy.
However, just like paper, the operator can digital whip. Meaning, just keep answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the questions. That’s why it is critical to turn on the option of ‘randomization’ by each section of the forklift inspection. Turn on the section that is critical for you to track. This will mix up the questions to ensure you get the best answers possible, because they won’t know which question will show up first. If the forklift inspection fails, that forklift will not go anywhere.
However, it is also best to reword one or two questions per quarter. This helps so they don’t ‘identify’ the question quickly and avoid answering it accurately. By keeping the forklift healthy, it will not be in repair and you can maximize the uptime of the forklift. Learn more.
Impacts from the Forklift
We all know impacts are going to happen. Sometimes it’s because of carelessness, but many times they just can’t see all around the forklift while working. One way to go is the impact detection of the forklift safety system because it will track all of the impacts, take a picture of ‘who’ and what the person was doing at the time. This will give you greater insights as to what changes need to be made to reduce the impacts. If that doesn’t give you the answers you want, then ask us about or Pedestrian and Object Detection feature. By reducing forklift accidents, you’ll be able to increase your productivity with your forklifts.
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Strategy #3: Involvement in Technology
This means that the workers need to be involved in the evaluation and adoption. Don’t spring new technologies on employees, they have to use it, let them be a part of the solution.
We agree. The SIERA AI forklift safety system is meant to be a tool used for forklift drivers to help them have the extra set of eyes. By giving them the tool they need, their productivity can increase because they can focus on what’s in front of them, and the AI will focus on everything else.
It’s important to look at key strategies for adopting AI forklift technologies. You’re going to spend money, you want it to work and be accepted and used by all. Contact us today to learn more about these and other strategies that have helped our customers.
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