Improving warehouse efficiencies, optimizing operations

摘要

With the e-commerce boom in full swing and more companies looking to optimize fulfillment in the warehouse and DC, the lift truck is becoming an even more integral part of those operations. No longer related to just dragging around a few pallets of product per day, these vehicles are truly the workhorses of the modern-day warehouse. This year's Peerless Research Group and Modern Materials Handling "Lift Truck Acquisition & Usage Study" proves this point, and more. For this year's study, the two entities fielded e-mail responses from 128 readers. Every respondent is involved in the evaluation and purchase of lift trucks for their facilities, which included warehousing (17%), DCs (36%), and manufacturing facilities (35%). The bulk of the respondents (69%) work in manufacturing, followed by wholesale trade (14%), retail trade (2%), third-party logistics providers (4%), and transportation/warehousing services (5%). On average, these readers work for companies that have 367 employees and $897 million in annual revenues.