Category: Simulation promotes Safety

About Telemetry Supply chain companies are increasingly looking to forklift telemetry (sometimes called telematics) to help improve lift truck operations [1], [2], [3]. Practically, specialized devices onboard collect real-time data about where the lift truck is (and where it was), using GPS, and how it’s moving around, using motion sensors, (...)

The Problem I once had a job applicant, he could talk a cat off a fish boat. That’s what an old hand working on the Gulf Coast told me (where there are, of course, real cats and real fish boats). Sadly, a study conducted just last year [1] found that (...)

Being safe: no accidents, no damaged equipment, no personal injury (or worse). That’s why a good lift truck operator is always, first and foremost, a safe lift truck operator. And that’s why the right kind of training simulation places a special emphasis on learning-to-be-safe. But what does that mean? Well, (...)

Being safe: no incidents, no accidents. And that’s why a good equipment operator is always, first and foremost, a safe equipment operator. The fact is, for every $1 spent in direct costs (repairs to damaged equipment, medical expenses for injured people), you’ll typically spend an additional $2 to $4 in indirect costs (downtime, delays in (...)