Forklift Equipment Safety Sensors
Missed maintenance. Unauthorized forklift operation. Prevalent collisions. Unfortunately, these are all common problems of mismanaged and unorganized forklift fleets that can result in employee injury and death. However, even though these issues may be common, it doesn’t mean there aren’t any ways to address them.
Here, we’ll discuss forklift equipment safety sensors and forklift software to improve warehouse safety. But first, we’ll explore the importance of maintaining forklift control and oversight and how telematics software can eliminate these issues.
Forklift-related issues and collisions are dangerous—luckily, the modern warehouse has access to expertly designed tools to keep warehouse employees safe.
Importance of Maintaining Forklift Control and Oversight
Warehouses are inherently dangerous workplaces. Between MHE moving quickly, pedestrian employees rushing around to get their tasks done, and autonomous vehicles and objects moving about, the warehouse experiences a flurry of activity. This activity can lead to accidents due to blind spots, vehicle speeding, and other unseen collision risks. Maintaining forklift control and oversight and reducing collision hazards are critical for the following reasons:
- Preventing injuries, loss of life, and damage to goods and property
- Reducing collision-associated downtime
- Fostering employee morale, trust, and productivity
- Streamlining operations
- Demonstrating commitment to employee safety for insurance
Forklift control and oversight are necessary to reach targets while keeping your workforce safe. While companies may meet federal safety guidelines, accidents can still occur. However, additional forklift safety solutions don’t have to halt operations or cut into productivity. The right telematics software can transform warehouse safety with minimal disruptions to your day-to-day, making your warehouse safer as soon as possible. Next, we’ll dive into what telematics software is and how it can improve warehouse safety.
Telematics Software and Safety
Because of the innovations of Industry 4.0, safety solutions are becoming integrated with technology that had never been thought of before. Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, is responsible for bridging informatics to industries like manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing to increase data visibility and simplify workflows. Such software is an excellent example of intelligent software that analyzes data, especially its application for forklift safety.
The function is in its name—telematics comes from combining “telecommunications” and “informatics.” Telematics software increases team technological communication through advanced data collection and analysis technology, helping teams make decisions based on KPIs. This software can directly increase forklift safety when implemented and utilized correctly. Next, let’s explore some benefits of this type of software for material handling teams.
Benefits of Telematics Software
Because telematics software collects fleet data, teams can use what they learn to improve the following:
- Authorized driver sign-in
- Maintenance schedule adherence
- Impact monitoring
- Uptime and driver productivity
- Safety Auditing
These are just a few ways that telematics software can benefit material handling teams, improving forklift safety around the warehouse. The more info gathered, the easier it is for a team to adjust operations as needed to meet today’s demands.
A more information-driven world helps warehouses improve as long as they’re open to implementing the latest forklift safety technology. At ELOKON, we recognize the need for an integrated ecosystem of safety solutions, closing safety gaps throughout the warehouse. Now, we’ll explore the telematics forklift software we’ve developed at ELOKON, designed specifically for the modern warehouse.
ELOKON Telematics Forklift Software
All of our ELOKON forklift software utilizes telematics tech to improve forklift safety. Every solution between ELOfleet and ELOspeed is built to increase fleet visibility, automatically improving forklift safety.
ELOfleet: Fleet and Driver Management
ELOfleet is the world’s first cloud-based smart fleet management system. It collects and assesses key fleet metrics to help your team improve where possible. Since the modern warehouse team sees its fair share of demands, employees should be ready to tackle challenges. Not only does working with a well-maintained and organized fleet make material handling tasks easier, but it makes them safer as well.
We’ve designed ELOfleet to address common pain points of forklift fleet and driver management. This forklift software streamlines RFID or user ID log-in for authorized driver operation, maintenance schedule reminders, pre-op checklist completion, and more—all through the smartphone-based app. The web-based dashboard facilitates fleet KPIs like impact monitoring, uptime, and driver productivity. All of these forklift software features help make your warehouse safer and prepare it for a safety audit and better insurance underwriting.
ELOfleet improves productivity and forklift safety by integrating telematic data collection and analytics with fleet operations. By offering a wide range of features and KPIs, your team can make data-informed decisions to improve overall company efficiency.
ELOKON’s safety solutions don’t end with ELOfleet—we’ve designed a portfolio of forklift equipment safety sensors that use different sensor tech to increase warehouse safety.