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Forklift Safety Training: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

How to calculate forklift capacities. That means providing proper documentation and evidence that your employee completed their forklift operator training. Unfortunately, OSHA doesn't specify what the "proper documentation" or "evidence" should look like. So what separates the good documentation from the bad?

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Roadcheck Week is Coming: May 4-6

Blue Grace Logistics

While Roadcheck week is an important safety measure to ensure unfit vehicles and drivers aren’t in operation (and a risk to the public) it does pose a serious issue in terms of how it affects the available capacity and market spot rates. Roadcheck Week Causes Volume Drop and Capacity Fluctuation. 2021 Inspection Criteria.

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Grasping Success: What is a Clamp Truck?

Conger

When operating clamp trucks and forklift clamps, consider these safety tips: 1. Safety training should include understanding equipment controls , load capacities, maneuvering techniques, and stability principles. Load Capacity Understanding and adhering to the load capacity limits of the clamp trucks is vital.

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Types of MEWPs: The Complete Guide

Conger

A MEWP’s group is determined by its platform location with regard to the tipping line. Not sure what the tipping line is? The tipping line of a MEWP is the area bounded by its machine’s wheels or outriggers. Group A MEWPs have a platform that moves vertically while staying inside the tipping lines of the machine at all times.

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A Recommended Approach to Warehouse Layout and Operational Design

Logistics Bureau

That being said, it’s not always easy to know where to begin, so here are a few tips to help you get a well-structured, methodical, warehouse review/redesign process under way. It’s also important to document any constraints that will impact your plans to meet those objectives. 4) Document All Results and Assumptions.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

Of course not. Bonus Tip : The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits anyone under 18 years old from operating forklifts in non-agricultural environments. Forklift capacity, stability, steering, maneuvering, and visibility . Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what you can expect from online courses.

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Digitalization Is Ushering Visibility Into Supply Chains

Blue Grace Logistics

Companies should phase out paper documentation and adopt digitalization in order to usher in visibility, and reduce complexities in gathering and processing documents. Of course, adopting new technologies is a costly and time-consuming endeavor, which discourages many companies from adopting newer innovations.