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Beverage Warehouse & Production
Are your beverage operations drowning in SKUs?
With the growing number of SKUs in the beverage industry, production and order fulfilment becoming more complicated. This growth in product creates a need for more racking and storage at a time that warehouse space is harder to find.
It’s time to get creative with space utilization.
From the warehouse to the delivery route, consumer demand and industry challenges push beverage operations to maximize efficiency.
TRANSFORM CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
Don't let consumer demand for greater beverage selection, countless size and quantity mixes and endless convenience outlets drown your operation. Get equipment engineered to handle and deliver more.
» DIRECT STORE DELIVERY IS LABOR-INTENSIVE
Longer routes and challenging deliveries make it hard for your employees to keep up. Choose equipment specific to your needs to make it easier.
» PHYSICALLY DEMANDING
Choose ergonomic equipment to reduce injuries–in both the short- and long-term. Comfortable conditions lead to fewer accidents and product damages.
» MORE PRODUCT DAMAGE & EMPLOYEE INJURIES
Make sure your staff is trained on proper equipment handling. Are they rushing to get things done, resulting in careless mistakes?
» RETAINING SKILLED WORKERS
Free up your employees for more rewarding and valuable tasks by augmenting with automation and robotics.
LABOR RETENTION
Filling open positions with qualified labor is tough. Retain your top talent and reduce turnover by offering advanced ergonomic design to minimize musculoskeletal problems, telematics to simplify daily checklists, and robotics to redirect valuable labor resources to more value-added tasks.
More than half of companies rate hiring and retaining qualified workers as “extremely or very challenging.” Explore practical steps to help maximize labor utilization, productivity, and retention.
SKU PROLIFERATION
Consumer demand is driving unprecedented SKU proliferation. Let us show you how variable height picking strategies and case flow lanes can help accommodate more SKUs and improve pick speeds.
Delivery expectations
Urbanization is pushing drivers to squeeze more stops into tighter delivery windows. Exceed delivery demand by investing in lift trucks with greater maneuverability to navigate tight spaces and longer-lasting, faster-charging lithium-ion batteries.
SAFETY
Beverage safety is non-negotiable. Protect your operations from contamination with USDA inspection ready, food-grade lubricants and impenetrable materials that reduce bacteria absorption.
Tight profit margins
Extreme competition and growing logistics costs can affect tight margins. Increase profitability by introducing robotics to automate repetitive tasks, right sizing your fleet to extend the useful life of your equipment, and employing innovative picking solutions to increase throughput.
Direct-store delivery
Tight retail spaces and uneven parking areas are all part of an average day’s work for the direct store delivery driver. Help them face these daily challenges with a package of specially-designed features.
DC Metrics
Understanding and measuring the right metrics are key to efficient warehouse operations. Explore insights from the current WERC DC measures report to help you achieve best-in-class performance. Take your metrics to the next level – reduce downtime, improve safety and lower operating costs
Increasing slot capacity and picking efficiency
Existing racking and slotting systems are often unable to accommodate increasing SKUs and changing order profiles. Discover how innovative slotting strategies and multi-level lift truck designs can help enable higher performance and lower fulfillment costs.
Enhancing productivity through safety
Today’s fast-turn, customer satisfaction-driven economy can pressure operators to focus on productivity over safety. Explore this step-by-step approach to help prioritize safety and productivity with proper training, innovative technologies, and maintenance best practices.
MAXIMIZE CAPACITY & INCREASE THROUGHPUT WITH EQUIPMENT MADE FOR THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
End Rider / Walkie Rider
Boost efficiency with lift trucks proven to reduce cycle times and increase cases moved per hour. With SKU counts climbing, space utilization and picking processes are being pushed to the brink.
Reduce pick times and improve order accuracy with the Yale end rider.
- Smart features to help shave seconds off tasks for greater throughput
- Precision pick allows control of speed and coast functions in both directions
- Service faster and as much as 50% less often, reducing downtime
Three-Wheel Stand-Up
Maneuver confidently in tight spaces with the Yale® three-wheel stand.
- Take products in and out of tight spaces with a turning radius that means business, taking maneuverability to the next level
- Keep operators working confidently with the Hi-Vis™ mast, giving them both visibility and rigidity
- Eliminate up to 65% of shock and vibration transmitted to the operator, an advantage of 17% more isolation over leading competitors with the Yale® Smart Ride Floor System
Yale Reliant Operator Assist
Promote awareness and help reduce incidents with Yale® Reliant, a technology suite that automatically adjusts lift truck performance based on real-time conditions.
- Detect tagged trucks and pedestrians in proximity (360˚)
- Monitor and detect objects in the path of travel and identify trucks/pedestrians out of line of sight
- Adjust travel speeds and hydraulic functions while maintaining truck stability
- Monitor forklift truck location, exclusion zones, lift height restrictions and more
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