by Tim Floyd | May 10, 2017 | Website Blog
Forklift / fork truck free initiatives are everywhere. Either you’ve done it, you’re doing it, or you will be doing it soon. There are too many reasons not to, which I outlined in the “Why?” aspect of forklift free in our series. While all of those points...
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...