How Forklift Metrics Improves Warehouse Productivity
Operations managers have processes in place for various areas of their facility and know the numbers. That’s how they’ve been able to identify areas for improvement, make the necessary adjustments and save on time and money. With a forklift or forklift fleet? Not so easy.As forklifts move about the facility there are few processes in place. To this point, most of the forklift safety has been reactive with the purchase of blue lights, safety belts and horns to name a few. Although it has helped, it hasn’t made enough of a dent as injuries and fatalities continue. According to the NSA, in 2019, 8,140 nonfatal injuries occurred which include days away from work.Proactive Forklift Safety
Proactive forklift safety means utilizing technology that monitors the environment in order to prevent an incident from occurring. We’ve covered many proactive forklift safety topics in previous articles such as pedestrian detection, impact monitoring and forklift access control. Now, we want to discuss what happens with the collected data.
Forklift Metrics
Forklift metrics is the central repository of all the collected data from the forklift inspection checklist (S2), impact monitoring (S2), 4-way monitoring every 60ms (S3), speed control(S3) pedestrian detection (S3), forklift access control (S2, S3), OSHA compliance (S2) and operator accountability (S2, S3) to name some of the key areas for measurement.
These forklift metrics will give you the insights into what’s going on within the operation that can’t be visibly seen. Forklift metrics are where patterns are discovered.
Who Benefits from Forklift Metrics?
It is true that the forklift metrics start with the operations manager, but others benefit from the insights as well. Let’s take a look:Forklift Operator:
The forklift operator will gain a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses as a forklift driver. Instead of repeating training in areas of strength, instead, they can focus on areas where improvements can be made that result in less accidents, damage and more efficiency and time savings.Maintenance Manager:
The maintenance manager would certainly appreciate the opportunity to be ahead of the repairs and service on any given forklift instead of hurrying up to get it back working. Now they can properly schedule, order parts ahead of time and perform the service without experiencing forklift and operator downtime.Management:
To know that the investment in forklift fleets has been maximized will go a long way. That’s because operations managers will be able to maximize the lifecycle of the forklift. When replacements are needed, information is readily available as proof for the purchase.Pedestrians / Workers:
In this category it’s the reduction of workman’s comp and time away from work. Pedestrians and workers are safer without realizing it, but management will notice as they are constantly monitoring the bottom line.Forklift Metric Reports to Improve Productivity
As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, let’s take a look at some of these forklift metric reports.
This report is for the forklift inspection checklist. If a forklift didn’t pass compliance, then you would have been already notified. This is to capture a more inclusive result for analysis. This will help you to determine which forklifts are at risk so you can stay ahead of the repair and service situation.
A great report for speed control. Take control of any behavior that needs improving. Find out the reason for the increased speed so possible adjustments can be made.
Also, get your overall safety score and manage forklift milage.
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