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Warehouse in the News Get the Right Lift Truck for the Job Q&A: Scott Dobak, CEO of Dicom Transportation Group 2016 State of ERP: Gaining Speed ISM report points to continued manufacturing growth in July 2016 Quest for Quality: Winners Take the Spotlight More Warehouse News The Reinvention of Procurement While many leading companies have transformed their procurement organizations into a linchpin of enterprise strategy, far too many others remain trapped by outdated paradigms and struggle for influence within their companies. All Resources We’ve all seen the shiny new truck on the job site with an extended cab, leather, DVD player—and a tailgate that looks like a tree fell on it. Just as familiar is the truck whose best years are far behind it, yet it’s hauling a family camper. These are clear examples of the wrong truck for the job, but the match between lift truck and application is not always quite so obvious. If the loads get lifted and the trucks get loaded, all is well. But if you look at maintenance, utilization, productivity and total cost of equipment, you get a clearer picture of a lift truck’s fitness for the task. As equipment sellers, users and service providers collect more data and get better at interpreting it, the art of pairing tool and task is becoming a well-honed science. It’s now possible to accurately predict whether a given lift truck model will under-perform, over-perform or get it just right. But this analysis can also uncover applications where no new piece of equipment quite fits. The utilization is too low, and renting or purchasing a used lift truck might make better sense. Lift truck manufacturers have taken note and are now working to expand their offerings at the “low cost of acquisition” end of the market. The […]