As the global footprint of the beverage industry increases, Yale materials handling provides reliable solutions throughout the world through:
- Local service support
- Adaptable service contracts
- A diverse range of ICE and electric truck ranges
- Short and long term rental
- Telematics
all helping your forklift truck operation run smoothly and efficiently.
Consumer demands are driving the beverage industry to push operations both in the facility and on the delivery route. Yale provides a range of trucks, attachments, and solutions particularly suited for the beverage industry.
Find out more about these solutions and how they have worked for our customers in one industry in our whitepaper.
SKU Proliferation
Consumer demand is continuing to drive unprecedented levels of SKU proliferation in the beverage industry. Best the SKU influx by:
- using variable height picking processes to increase SKU capacity
- placing slower-moving SKUs above faster-moving ones for efficient access to frequently picked items
- adding case flow lanes to pick lines to accommodate more SKUs.
Delivery Expectations
Increased urbanisation is pushing drivers to squeeze more strops into tighter delivery windows. You can exceed delivery demands by:
- staying charged longer and up to 2x faster with lithium-ion batteries
- helping to empower your operator with greater manoeuvrability in tight spaces
- reducing stress and stabilise loads to help optimise control and operator confidence.
Food Safety
Your operations are essential and so is protecting them from contamination. Make food safety non-negotiable and ease sanitation concerns by:
- reducing bacteria absorption by using impenetrable materials
- achieving greater transparency to help isolate concerns to reduce product loss
- utilising approved, inspection-ready, non-toxic food-grade lubricants.
Labour Retention
Filling open positions with qualified labour is tough – retain your top talent and reduce turnover by:
- redirecting workers to more value-added tasks by deploying robotic solutions
- offering advanced ergonomic lift truck solutions to help reduce musculoskeletal problems related to operation
- using telematics to simplify checklists and reinforce positive behaviour.
Tight Profit Margins
Reduced operational costs amidst heightened competition and pricing pressures are resulting in lower margins. You can increase profitability and drive greater results by:
- automating repetitive tasks and helping reduce operating costs
- right-sizing your fleet, reducing administrative costs and extending useful life of equipment
- utilising solutions to help reduce picking costs and increase pallets moved per hour
Demonstrated to achieve results
When Marston’s, the UK’s leading independent brewing and pub retailing business, expanded its business, it turned to trusted Yale partner, Briggs Equipment as they required a fleet that would transfer pallets of beer, spirits, and soft drinks as well as keg and cask products to kerbside lorries for onward distribution.
