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TELEMETRY IN MATERIAL HANDLING: LIKE A FITBIT FOR YOUR FORKLIFTS

Most of us have seen or heard of Fitbit, a sophisticated fitness band that uses telemetry to conveniently track physical activity and other important markers - all to help people reach their health and fitness goals. Imagine your material handling fleet with similar sophisticated sensors and powerful data collection/analysis systems that constantly monitor and manage. How could it help you reach your goals?

WHAT CHALLENGES TELEMETRY CAN HELP OVERCOME?

NEW ADVANCES IN USING TELEMETRY FOR WIRELESS ASSET MANAGEMENT ALLOW MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT TO BE MANAGED REMOTELY IN WAYS NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE.

Keep track of every piece of mobile equipment and its detailed status at once

Get automated alerts that track impact damage, service error codes, and key performance indicators

Automate and secure your daily pre-shift checklists, including lockout for more serious findings

Improve your equipment utilization while enhancing safety

All instantly accessible from your laptop, tablet, or even phone.

WHAT CHALLENGES TELEMETRY CAN HELP OVERCOME?

While every site is unique, the two largest and most common challenges where telemetry is a game-changer are checklist management and impact tracking.

LOOKING TO AUTOMATE YOUR DAILY CHECKLIST MANAGEMENT AND LICENCE TRACKING?

It is remarkable how labour and records intensive it is to keep paper records of these necessary daily checklists, never mind how hard it is to track down each record by operator or specific serial number of equipment. These are functions that our automated cloud-based telemetry solution excels at - which means less manual record-keeping and more efficient productivity for you.

DO YOU WANT BETTER CONTROL OVER FORKLIFT IMPACT DAMAGE?

Implementing a card-swipe identification system can help with training and licencing records, but is especially helpful for impact damage incidents. When combing ID systems with integrated onboard accelerometers you can easily track who is impacting the forklift, how hard the impact was, and even potentially identify the specific incident location.

WOULD INSTANT ALERTS GIVE YOUR OPERATORS AND MANAGERS THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH ISSUES AS THEY ARISE?

Our system can send email alerts or shut down if the impact or checklist fault is serious enough. And there’s no need for specific interface hardware - all of this functionality operates in our custom-built Yale Vision mobile app or in almost any browser connected to the internet at www.yalevision.com.

HOW WOULD THIS INTEGRATE WITH YOUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT?

Aftermarket installation is available on most makes of equipment, giving you access to all this functionality without buying a new fleet of equipment. This includes forklifts and a large range of mobile equipment such as floor scrubbers, man-lifts, yard tractors, etc.

WHERE CAN YOU LEARN MORE?

Have a look at the link below to explore more of the exciting Yale Vision telemetry solutions that are possible for your fleet, including impact-activated cameras (to assist in impact investigations) and Yale Battery Vision (to integrate battery management into the same online portal).

https://www.yale.com/north-america/en-us/your-account/yale-vision-wireless-asset-management/

Would you like to discuss possible telemetry solutions on your site?

As the telemetry champion for Harding Forklift, I get the benefit of being exposed to so many different operations with a variety of challenges and unique implementations. I can bring the benefit of this experience to bear on your operation.

Please reach out to me at the email below - I’d be happy to discuss our available technology and its solutions but most importantly how to make those solutions work right for you.

troys@hardingforklift.com or sales@hardingforklift.com

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