by Tim Floyd | May 2, 2017 | Website Blog
Commit to Safety Imagine forklifts driving around a school, hospital, or mall. Sounds crazy, right? So why would you tolerate forklifts driving around your work place? All companies say they prioritize safety, but we see fork lifts driving around plants and factories...
by Tim Floyd | Apr 28, 2017 | Website Blog
This is part 3 of a multi part series. Read part 1 for background on forklift usage, and part 2 for our perspective on why going forklift free should be an operational priority. Part two of this series introduced two perspectives on the forklift free subject –...
by Tim Floyd | Apr 26, 2017 | Website Blog
This is part 2 of a multi-part series. Read part 1 for background on forklift usage. There are generally two viewpoints related to forklift free / forklift restricted initiatives – one viewpoint understands it and are trying to figure out how to implement it, one...
by Tim Floyd | Apr 25, 2017 | Website Blog
Eliminate fork lifts from all work and walk areas. Fork lift elimination from personnel zones should be the priority goal shared by leadership, health-safety-environment (HSE), and materials management – this applies to all industries, but manufacturing, production,...
by Tim Floyd | Apr 19, 2017 | Website Blog
I see different production and office environments every week, and all of them represent opportunities for improvement. A common theme is the subject of “Where to start?” If we split any work area up into two oversimplified categories you have 1. The work being...