Innovative operator assistance tech

Forklift best practices can be supported by Yale Reliant

With over 24 million hours of run time, Yale Reliant™ is a proven, award-winning technology suite designed to reinforce lift truck operating best practices and support operator awareness, which helps to support overall warehouse safety. It limits equipment performance in challenging situations, while keeping the operator in control of the lift truck.

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Forklift best practices are a priority

Staffing warehouses is already a massive strain. Don’t let the labor crisis become a safety crisis. These realities threaten productivity, yet you’re still expected to get orders out the door on time, every time. Full automation is years away from solving all the warehouse labor challenges, but certain technology can do more than just alert operators of potential hazards. You need a system that automatically intervenes to help forklift operators avoid accidents while applying forklift best practices, supporting your warehouse safety plan.

40%

The annual warehouse employee turnover, a churn that intensifies your dependence on inexperienced operators.

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~25,000

The number of forklift accident-related injuries per year, a risk that you need to contend with.

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$167B

The annual cost of work-related injuries, an expense that translates to about $42,000 per event.

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Watch this event and get a firsthand view and explanation of this proven forklift operator assistance technology, and consider whether or not you can afford to wait to adopt this award-winning system that supports forklift operator best practices and warehouse safety.

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Pedestrian stopped at stop sign in warehouse with forklift oncoming

Turn near-misses into adherence to forklift safety best practices

Stop forklift safety incidents in their tracks

Lift truck accidents and close calls like these all too familiar?

A pedestrian unexpectedly walks in front of a lift truck
A forklift operator travels too quickly through crowded areas or around turns
A load slides off the forks and damages product
A lift truck hits racking or other equipment

They might be today, but they don’t have to be tomorrow. Yale Reliant is designed to support operator awareness and intervene as needed, proactively adjusting forklift performance based on real-time conditions.

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ADVANCED DYNAMIC STABILITY (ADS)

Advanced Dynamic Stability (ADS) continuously monitors the combined center of gravity of the lift truck and the load it carries to automatically apply carefully measured performance adjustments to avoid abrupt shifts or jerks that can upset forklift stability.

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FORKLIFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE (OD/PD)

Two collision avoidance solutions are available to pair with ADS. Object Detection (OD) utilizes two-dimensional LiDAR technology to detect objects within the path of travel (forks trailing - 170 degrees) to detect facility infrastructure, product or material, other trucks and personnel in your environment. Proximity Detection or (PD) utilizes ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to identify potential hazards from all angles within a proximity sphere (360 degrees), even those that reside outside of an operator’s field of view. Collective Detection (CD) combines both solutions.

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REAL-TIME LOCATION SENSING (RTLS)

RTLS utilizes ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to provide device-to-server connections. This solution provides asset tracking and geofencing to set business rules with greater intelligent muting capabilities for higher efficiency. The RTLS server communicates with trucks, zones and pedestrians; and requires additional infrastructure and engineering efforts to define scope of work. RTLS is available to pair with PD or CD packages.

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Operator assist tech is a proven step you can take today

Yale Reliant keeps the operator in ultimate control of the lift truck, but automatically applies interventions in response to compromised stability, when obstacles are detected in the path of travel or in close proximity, and even based on rules you specify for certain areas of your warehouse.

Adjustments, such as a reduction to travel speed or a smoothing of fork lift or tilt movement, are carefully measured to avoid abrupt shifts or jerks that can upset stability. The changes are still noticeable enough for operators to feel, but the system also communicates the cause through a display screen, providing an additional layer of feedback to help reinforce proper operation established during training.

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Yale models available with Yale Reliant forklift operator assist technology

6,000+ 

lift trucks already commercially deployed with the technology

24M+

hours of real-world run time accumulated since launch in 2021

Register for a Yale Reliant virtual event

Several of our upcoming Warehouse Wednesday virtual events include a demonstration of Yale Reliant. Register now to get a closer look.

Ready for the new OSHA safety program?

Warehouse safety is such a critical issue that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a national emphasis program to address growing injury and illness rates. As a leading contributor of OSHA citations, forklifts are an important area of focus.

Prepare your warehouse

Additional resources

Operator assist system myths busted

These systems are often misunderstood. Just another telemetry tool? Or a magic wand that makes equipment able to operate itself?

Debunk myths

How assistance technologies can give operators a hand

Operator productivity is essential, but the drive to meet intense throughput targets can make adherence to forklift safety best practices a challenge.

Reinforce rules