Retail

Store and move more, faster

Online sales are expected to grow about 30% over the next 4 years. Is your operation equipped to manage the surge?

Challenges

Transform your greatest challenges into opportunities

E-commerce and consumer preferences have reshaped the retail landscape. To stay relevant, you must adjust or face extinction.

SKU proliferation

Customers continue to demand new options, resulting in serious SKU challenges.

Be in charge of your situation

Use variable height picking processes to increase SKU capacity
Place slower-moving SKUs above faster-moving ones for efficient access to frequently picked items
Add case flow lanes to pick lines to accommodate more SKUs

Beat the SKU influx

Space constraints

Escalating SKU counts are forcing the need for more space, a costly capital expense.

Optimise your footprint

Go vertical, and take advantage of unused cubic space
Use narrow aisles to achieve greater overall space utilisation
Deploy advanced inventory management systems to increase capacity of existing space

Maximise capacity

Fulfillment expectations

Same-day delivery is becoming an expectation. To beat the competition and keep costs down, speed and agility are imperative.

Enhance operator productivity, meet demands

Use advanced technologies and processes to put away and retrieve pallets faster
Increase picking rates with solutions engineered for high throughput applications

Decrease cycle times

Reverse logistics

Approximately 33% of online orders are sent back as returns, 23% resulting from a mispick.

Improve first time accuracy

Provide workers with ergonomic solutions designed to increase comfort and focus
Deploy pick assist systems to increase picking accuracy
Accelerate accuracy and returns processing with automated storage and retrieval systems that integrate with inventory management system

Achieve precise picking, minimise returns

Labour retention

Trying to fill open positions with qualified labour is tough.

Retain talent and reduce turnover

Redirect workers to more value-added tasks by deploying robotic solutions
Offer advanced ergonomic lift truck solutions to help reduce musculoskeletal problems related to operation
Use telematics to simplify checklists and reinforce positive behavior

Automate repetition

Solutions

Take control with game changing solutions

Boost storage capacity and order fulfillment rates, while improving your bottom line.

Proven Approaches

Demonstrated to achieve results

Innovations designed to help increase operational efficiency and achieve next level performance.

Delivering MHP to keep distribution moving

With 30,000 pallet spaces located in 10.5 metre high racking, Ideal Stelrad wanted to replace its distribution hub fleet to incorporate the latest advances in equipment productivity and ergonomics. Providing operators with a range of comfortable, reliable equipment was key to the fleet solution which would enable the off-loading of 20 deliveries and more than 12,800 picks per day.

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The ROI of Robotics

Learn how robotic lift trucks can help address labour challenges and control costs, while driving greater efficiency, productivity and reliability.

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Value Adds

Services and support you can depend on

Yale has your lift truck solutions covered - plus the service and support programs to back them up.

Fleet Management

Fleet solutions allow customers to focus on their core business

Understand customers’ business and selecting the right forklift truck, as well as providing the most comprehensive support and service in the industry.

Financing

Assistance in funding the Yale® forklift trucks you need now

Yale® Financial Services offers a range of flexible materials handling equipment financing solutions to meet your business need. From a single counterbalance fork lift truck to a fleet of order pickers, from outright purchase to a financial purchase plan, Yale Financial Services can help.

Rentals

Together, we can keep supply chains moving

Our nationwide dealer network has a broad range of lift truck models available for immediate rental.

Replacement parts

Yale®-approved means quality

Yale®-approved means quality parts you can count on, available when you need them and at a competitive price. From our rigorously-tested Genuine Yale® Parts to our vast selection of parts and accessories for most makes and models of lift trucks, you can count on your authorised Yale® Dealer to keep your lift truck fleet running efficiently and cost effectively.