What Role Does Safety Play in Your Forklift Management System?
When evaluating a forklift management system, it’s important to consider how safety plays into the equation. After all, there are 7,290 injuries each year with just forklifts in the facility. With the tools that are available today in the market…and from SIERA.AI, should injuries, fatalities and damages still be as high as they are? Probably not. That’s why if you are considering purchasing or replacing a forklift management system, ensuring that you have a forklift safety system is vital to the success of your facility.
Here’s a few areas to consider:
Be Digital
You’ve gotten into a rut. You know the saying, ‘Don’t fix what isn’t broken.’ It’s worked for you this long, why change? However, has it really worked? Yes, you’ve kept records for years. You have the boxes and binders to prove it…and the forklifts are still running.
How much do you remember in all of those binders and bins full of paper? Better yet, what if you retired or moved to another company for work. All of that knowledge leaves with the manager. All that value gone. Now the new person taking the vacant position has nothing to work from, nothing to reference when a problem arises. That’s why digital is critical to the organization.
Digital ensures all data collected is housed in a single location where it can be analyzed for decision making tasks. Short term data, meaning a year or less, allows you to keep the current forklifts running efficiently so there’s no downtime. Long term data allows you to know when is the most optimal time to trade-in or sell the forklifts before it becomes cost prohibitive.
Be sure to check out the S2 Digital Inspection system by SIERA.AI.
Scope Out Your Goals for the Facility
Are you trying to reach zero damages? Do you need to reduce your insurance premiums? Or are you trying to avoid forklift accidents? Scoping out your goals with requirements are vital to reaching them.
- Damages – Forklift trucks can cause thousands of dollars in damages each week. Damages can include racking systems, other equipment or productions lines. In addition, customer product can be damaged in the facility a well.
- Insurance Premiums – when too many claims are made to the insurance company for damages and/or accidents, the insurance premiums most likely will increase. One way to reduce insurance premiums is to install and use a forklift safety system such as the S3 Pedestrian Detection System. When the insurance company completes an audit, this will be taken off the list of things ‘to do’ to help bring down costs.
- Forklift Accidents – Sign up for our newsletter each week to learn about fatalities from around the country. These accidents can affect any company at any time. That’s why it’s critical to add a forklift safety system to your facility management system.
Customer Care and Support
Once you get your new digital forklift pedestrian detection system installed, now comes the important part. Who do you call if you have a question?
Unfortunately, companies are reluctant to use a software system because they need to be reliant on the company for customer support. They do a great job on the sales side, but when it comes to implementation and beyond, that can be a different story. During your evaluation of forklift monitoring systems, be sure to evaluate the support.
With SIERA.AI, you’ll be able to:
- Reach a live person when you call
- Reach a live person online
- Get a return email if you email SIERA.AI customer success
Sometimes you just want to be sure you’re doing something correctly. A quick note is all you want to do with a prompt response. It isn’t a lot to ask, and that’s why we have a robust customer care department ready to serve customers with any questions.
Let’s get started with a trial of the S2 Digital Inspection or the S3 Pedestrian Detection System. Contact us at sales@siera.ai so you can experience it for yourself.