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Hamilton Beach optimized its new distribution center with electric lift trucks and high-density racking, reducing product damage by 80% and doubling e-commerce efficiency while advancing warehouse sustainability and safety.

Learn key warehouse performance metrics and lift truck strategies to optimize capacity, speed, accuracy, and employee retention.

MHI’s Modex 2024 saw a record-shattering number of registered manufacturing and supply chain professionals, reaching a total of 48,733. The event, held March 11 to 14 in Atlanta, saw attendees engaged with 1,200 exhibitors showcasing the latest supply chain technology and innovation across three halls and 580,000 net square feet at the Georgia World Congress Center. This was the largest Modex event to date for MHI, with 32% more registered visitors than Modex 2022. Here’s a look at some of what our editors saw at the...

Successful warehouses regularly measure and improve their performance by relying on popular metrics and implementing proven lift truck strategies to increase efficiency and reduce cycle times.

Leasing critical equipment like lift trucks can offer flexibility, but some lease terms can be complex and costly if you’re not careful.

Best practices to optimize distribution center operations and lift truck fleet utilization for 2022.

Operator assist systems help reinforce best practices.

This white paper examines the ways in which warehouses can not only justify an investment in robotic lift trucks through speedy ROI – but achieve meaningful savings.

Realistic strategies to address the chronic warehouse challenge.

As e-commerce exploded over the past year, so too did the need for narrow-aisle layouts and the trucks that can accommodate them.

This white paper covers the 7 most common warehouse workflows for robotic automation. (Hint: it’s not just point-to-point horizontal transportation anymore.)

See which 12 metrics your peers are counting on to drive the greatest improvement in their performance, as reported by the 2020 Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) DC Measures Report.

The old days of buying a lift truck as a commodity unrelated to other materials handling equipment purchases are going away. Rapidly. It’s all because of fundamental shifts in how distribution centers operate—and new technology, of course.

A growing number of low-cost lift trucks offer new avenues for pairing equipment and applications, but less cautious buyers might find that small up-front costs come at a steep price. Selecting the proper lift truck, lift truck tips 2016, Choosing the right Lift Truck