Crown Equipment

Crown invited me to its flagship service center outside Chicago for a demonstration of their technician training program.

Lift trucks used to be about brawn. The lift truck of the future will be about intelligence, automation and software. And, the future is closer than you think.

Currency conversions obscure some sizable revenue gains among foreign companies, but overall growth in unit sales matches 2013’s strong performance.

Having sprouted from mere lift truck maintenance, fleet management is now budding into a powerful and integral part of labor management.

eBay Enterprise’s Kentucky distribution campus puts a premium on flexible processes and absolute speed to the customer for e-commerce fulfillment.

Tilt tray sortation, RF picking and a light-directed put wall are the tools that speed orders out the door at eBay Enterprise’s Kentucky fulfillment centers.

Per-unit and per-operator fleet management practices continue to improve fleet efficiency, but many overlook opportunities to manage costs on a per-battery basis.

Facility maintained an incidence rate at least 50% below the industry standard.

Crown executives attend National Forklift Safety Day events in Washington, D.C.

The Demonstrated Performance program will also soon be launched in Mexico.

Annual summit includes all-day tour for Fisher College of Business researchers and industry leaders.

Crown invited me to its flagship service center outside Chicago for a demonstration of their operator and technician training programs. Prepared for plenty of PowerPoints and goofy videos, I instead experienced two full days of hands-on, grease-covered, eye-opening and tremendously exciting education.

A goods-to-person picking solution moved AcuSport from conventional to automated DC processes. The result is lower fulfillment costs and better customer service.

AcuSport’s new distribution center features multiple picking methodologies designed to lower the cost of the company’s auto-replenishment program.

Fleet costs don’t stop at the purchase price, and expanded collaboration between fleet managers, dealers and finance partners is changing the way fleet costs are managed over time.