6 ways to check if a tow tractor fits your operations

Businesses are constantly being challenged in terms of quality, efficiency, and safety, especially with e-commerce and online orders becoming a natural part of the customer buying behaviour. Efficiency projects are usually related to increasing output, which leads to moving more products and material around. This can have an impact on overall production flow, picking routines or even airport cargo logistics. And it may require your company to rethink your material handling operation in order to reach this increased throughput while also maintaining safety. One solution could be to go “forkless”: moving materials via load carriers with wheels pulled by a vehicle. Let’s see if forkless is the way for you with these 6 questions you can ask yourself to find out if a tow truck could improve efficiency in your operation.

6 tips for best practice in cold warehouses

One of the main challenges in cold environments is to maintain the right temperature for the products stored inside while keeping cost down. This should be done without compromising the well-functioning of the truck. Other challenges might be optimising battery capacity, minimising waste of space and issues caused by condensation. To solve these common challenges, here are some tips to optimise your operations.

How lean thinking and smart trucks solve logistics challenges

Logistics is often essential to business success, becoming a key differentiator more and more. Following global trends, such as e-commerce and digitalisation, the material handling industry is changing and adapting quite quickly. Customers are expecting their goods or packages to be delivered as quickly as possible, and therefore your business needs to be as efficient as possible.

How does integrated telematics on a smart truck contribute to a better service for maximum uptime?

You need an efficient logistics operation to keep your business moving, and this is only possible if all your trucks are up and running. With smart trucks we’re able to support you in this, using data provided by telematics to improve your forklift service. Connected trucks will also allow you to move towards predictive service, repairing your trucks before anything can happen, aiming for zero breakdowns. Here you will learn how a smart truck can help you improve your service for maximum uptime.

What are the benefits of smart trucks for your business?

Smart trucks provide you with the opportunity to connect to the I_Site fleet management system from Toyota and access the right information to be in total control of your operation. The application even allows you to take action from a distance if necessary. Whether you are a one-truck customer or have a big fleet of forklift trucks across multiple sites globally. Here are some examples of how smart trucks can improve your business – for a maximum value-added operation with extreme optimisation, and zero waste in energy, time and space as a result.