The efficiency of your warehouse depends on a number of factors. How your team works together and as individuals significantly impacts your business. Production relies on proper management of incoming goods, accurate inventory, smooth delivery coordination, and personnel safety. You can maximize your team’s efficiency in a number of ways. Ongoing training. This is an… Read more

If you’re trying to determine whether it’s safe for your employees to push or pull something, you’re dealing with drawbar pull. The term is more commonly referenced with vehicles like trucks and trains. However, it also applies to how much effort it takes for your employees to move a cart across the production floor. Put… Read more

If you’re changing the layout of your warehouse space, you may be facing a serious problem: the equipment you need to move product around is too big, unsafe, or inefficient to use in the space you have. This issue is most common to companies that rely on forklifts to move heavy loads. While the forklift… Read more

Employees on the production floor are vulnerable to a number of injuries. Some of the most debilitating and costly of these are a result of overexertion. Back and shoulder injuries are very common to people who simply pushed or pulled too much weight too many times a day. People who push carts across the production… Read more

“An accident or injury waiting to happen.” That is what the general manager of a local mail handling facility envisioned when auditing the work floor of his facility for areas of ergonomic concern. With an aging workforce, male and female, and an average age of 55 years, reducing the chance of strains of the back,… Read more

It is amazing how big of an impact a small machine can make. Load Mover Inc. makes power tugs – small, battery-operated, walk-behind machines. These tugs can push or pull thousands of pounds. Thousands upon thousands. They’re popular because they crank up productivity as well as safety. They’re also simple to use. The power tugs… Read more

People who install heavy glass have a number of potential hazards to deal with during the process of moving the material from the manufacturer to the site and into the frame. Obviously, glass needs to be handled so that it does not cut workers, and it needs to be protected during transportation. Depending on the… Read more

In the world of manufacturing and warehousing, time and space are major factors in a product’s journey from inception to the customer’s door. Time refers to the amount of time it takes to get things done, and space refers to both available space and the distance one needs to travel. Of course, time and space… Read more

This winter has been brutal, especially for states that get snow. Difficulties with snow and ice removal have left many driveways, walkways, and other pathways narrow and dangerous. While we are starting to turn a corner, the melting snow keeps ice a problem. This creates a hazardous situation for manual material handlers who have to… Read more