Material Handling

Electric forklifts run our supply chains. In 2024, electric lift trucks made up 60 percent of the market — a...

Does your warehouse need to follow the OSHA housekeeping standard? Yes and no — OSHA 1915.81 and 1926.25, which are explicitly...

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) doesn’t have the resources to publish detailed safety advice for every...

In 2013, U.S. workplaces were home to almost 7,000 forklift-related injuries serious enough to require days off work. While the...

If you’re looking for ways to optimize space in your warehouse, shipping center, or other logistics operation, the right material...

The global market for warehouse mezzanines continues to grow — as do the warehouses themselves. Operations that leverage vertical space...

Material handling can account for over half of manufacturing costs. It’s safe to say that warehouses and manufacturing facilities succeed...

Growing your warehousing business can be a heavy lift — literally. A big new contract may require the installation (or...

If you’re at the stage where you’re researching custom material handling equipment (MHE), you’ve exhausted the alternatives. You’re working with...

In a manufacturing context, material flow refers to the entire process of item movement — from raw materials to finished...