Nowadays, materials handling equipment can be found in a vast majority of facilities, warehouses and yards. It can add to production, help increase efficiency and speed and  can also help to protect your employees from harm.

This equipment, whether it’s bought outright or hired, is an investment. It can perform well for a great number of years as long as it is cared for and operated with care and precision. Unfortunately, sometimes accidents happen and bad habits can form; this can result in damage to your vehicles and years knocked off the working life of equipment.

To help protect your drivers, your machines and your business as a whole, it may pay to consider a fleet management system (otherwise known as wireless asset management).

FMS (fleet management systems) can help increase the safety of your forklift operations, as well as give you access to important data. By providing you with real time information, these management systems keeps track of key info, such as:

Depending on the system chosen, this information can be delivered straight to any designated person and the data is available for their viewing 24/7, whilst intelligent reporting and analytics can help you make informed decisions to help improve your operator and driver performance.

Fully customisable options allow you to be notified of every impact (big or small) whilst automated reporting keeps you up to date with your operators’ habits.

These systems can help improve driver awareness and encouraging reporting of damage, especially if they notice that there is any concerns not mentioned by the previous operator of their vehicle.

To find out more about Fleet Management Systems, or to book a demonstration to see how a FMS may benefit your operations, get in touch today!