Telemetry as standard for Yale warehouse trucks
Yale Lift Truck Technologies announces the wireless monitoring tier of the company’s Yale Vision telemetry system will be included as standard on several key warehouse lift truck models, including order pickers, reach trucks, and VNAs.
THE STANDARD telemetry offering tracks forklift utilisation, impacts, location, and diagnostic trouble codes, and helps operations schedule and track preventative maintenance. As part of the standard offering, users get two years of wireless communication at no additional charge.
“Yale Vison allows warehouses to put a critical eye to lift truck fleets, helping them better understand ongoing costs and operational performance,” says Robert O’Donoghue – VP, marketing, EMEA, Yale Lift Truck Technologies. “By including wireless monitoring as a standard feature, we’re giving fast-paced warehouses the visibility they need to help reinforce proper operator behaviour, help reduce avoidable damage and downtime, and maximise the lifetime value of their equipment.”
Truck utilisation
The wireless monitoring telemetry offering allows warehouse operations to track equipment utilisation and link that to individual operators to help optimise workflow and boost productivity. To help improve safety and prevent avoidable damage, the system also delivers real-time impact notifications, alerting managers to impacts so they can identify the cause and take corrective action, such as additional operator training. Easy-to-use dashboards and analytics provide complete visibility from any internet-enabled device, allowing access to utilisation, charging, and maintenance information.
Access
In addition to electric narrow aisle warehouse models, wireless monitoring is now also available standard on counterbalanced electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) lift trucks. Wireless monitoring is one of the available tiers in the Yale Vision solution. The wireless access tier adds key card identification that associates wireless monitoring information with specific operators, and enables impact lockout and inactivity shutdown. Another, wireless verification, helps operations maintain regulatory compliance by prohibiting truck operation until mandatory digital safety checklists, such as pre-shift checklists required by local health and safety regulation – are complete.
