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Success in the material handling and manufacturing industries starts with operators, and it ends with ensuring those operators have every tool at their disposal to smoothly and securely handle facility responsibilities. National Forklift Safety Day serves as a reminder that investing in next-generation operator assist technologies helps operators conduct their jobs not only more efficiently but also with more confidence while increasing productivity throughout the distribution pipeline.
While looking to the future of productivity and operator security, The Raymond Corporation is proud to offer a strong portfolio of customer-oriented equipment, operator assist technologies, and energy solutions that can improve your operation and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement businesswide.
Taking Your Warehouse to the Next Level with Operator Assist Technologies
In today’s demanding warehouse environments, ensuring your workforce is equipped with connected, capable tools is key to maintaining security and efficiency in your facility. Raymond’s High Capacity Orderpicker, a part of the award-winning 5000 Series, delivers up to 456 inches of reach and a lift capacity of 3,000 pounds. This orderpicker provides the performance and agility needed in dense, high-bay storage applications.
Facility leaders can further boost operator confidence and security — ultimately improving overall productivity — by pairing these lift trucks with a suite of integrated operator assist technologies, including the:
- iWAREHOUSE® Integrated Tether System, which automatically limits lift truck operations when a harness connection isn’t detected and thus helps mitigate risk and reinforces operator training and best practices.
- iWAREHOUSE ObjectSense Detection & Notification System, which uses obstacle detection based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to double down on security by alerting operators to other vehicles and objects and restricting movements when objects are in the lift truck’s path.
- iWAREHOUSE FieldSense Proximity Notification System, which has a robust design to alert pedestrians and lift truck operators when they come within a predefined distance of properly equipped lift trucks and pedestrians.
- iWAREHOUSE Telematics Fleet Management System, which offers more than just fleet tracking by delivering real-time fleet visibility, operator certification tracking, impact alerts, customized daily operator checklist, and usage analytics — ultimately empowering managers to use the data to optimize workflows, reduce risk, and reinforce operator best practices.
Putting Operators First with Energy Solutions
Evolving operator assist technologies are just one part of the operator-first platform. Advanced energy solutions, such as the integration and use of lithium-ion batteries in Raymond® lift trucks, further expand upon warehouse security and efficiency.
Electric lift trucks powered by lithium-ion batteries deliver a superior handling experience — building a more sustainable work environment by reducing vibrations and heat, eliminating emissions, and contributing to a low-noise environment. Needing fewer moving parts, no spark plugs, and no required oil changes or tune-ups also reduces the potential for equipment breakdowns, which contributes to a more predictable and secure warehouse environment.
Transform Your Facility with an Operator-first Mindset
In today’s competitive supply chain landscape, putting operators first isn’t just good practice — it’s good business. As a proud supporter of National Forklift Safety Day, Raymond encourages facility leaders everywhere to integrate operator assist technologies and energy solutions that accomplish two crucial tasks at once: improving operator security facilitywide and intelligently bolstering distribution efficiency.
The question stands: This National Forklift Safety Day, what can you do to put your operators first?
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