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20 August 2019

Pallet Top Decks: A Comprehensive Guide About Top Decks and their Uses

Pallets are material handling equipment used in transporting boxes, totes, bags, and tools across a shop floor. The top deck of a pallet is the surface area where these loads rest while they are being transported. As is to be expected, pallet top decks also vary according to how they're are designed. These differences in design are what will form the building blocks of this post.

13 August 2019

Automated Guided Vehicle Systems: 5 Things to Know Before Introducing AGVs to Your Shop Floor

Today, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, hotels, and even healthcare centers have taken an interest in the logistical benefits of AGVs. If you like most facility owners are interested in digitalizing your material handling system with AGVs, then you are in the right place.

6 August 2019

The 4 Benefits of Shelf Carts in a Lean Manufacturing System

Getting your storage facilities and equipment right also has a role to play in lean manufacturing or when setting up a lean manufacturing facility. The distance between a storage facility and workstations, as well as the amount of load storage equipment can support and transport also determines certain things. The things it determines include how quickly materials can be accessed, the amount that can be carried, and speed of supply. One such example of storage and transportation equipment that serves multiple functions is a shelf cart.

31 July 2019

FlexQube receives the first order for an eQart® from Germany!

The eQart® is the first product arising from the project “FlexQube 4.0” and it is an autonomous and remote-controlled cart that can be configured in almost any shape due to it is built with the FlexQube building blocks that have been complemented with digital modules such as motors, battery, control unit, and sensors.

30 July 2019

How To Increase Productivity Using Tugger Carts for Material Handling

Regardless of how well run a manufacturing facility is, the fact remains that its productivity can still be increased if certain changes are made. In terms of material handling and transportation, the use of Tugger carts is one sure way of increasing productivity in multiple ways. The process of integrating a Tugger train system has been discussed here. So, in today's post, the discussion will be about how you can increase productivity if you have installed or considering using Tugger carts.

22 July 2019

A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up a Lean Manufacturing Layout on a Budget

For many SMEs in the manufacturing space, early profits are generally little as one struggles to establish a brand in this competitive industry. Thus, maximizing profits by eliminating waste is an important objective for most small and medium scale production facility. Thankfully, the tricks to working with little, meeting demands, and eliminating waste have already being hacked. In this comprehensive guide, the tricks to setting up a lean manufacturing facility on a budget will be outlined for your reading pleasure.

18 July 2019

5 Timely Tips for Reducing Forklift Traffic

In order to effectively reduce forklift-related accidents and downtime, reducing or eliminating forklift traffic must be a major consideration in every facility. In this post, we provide five timely tips for reducing forklift traffic.

15 July 2019

4 Steps to Integrating Six Sigma in Lean Manufacturing

The Lean Six Sigma process was developed with the aim of eliminating downtime, reducing waste while increasing efficiency in manufacturing. Here, we explore the four reasons to integrate Six Sigma principles in your lean manufacturing blueprint or activities.

9 July 2019

eQart® by FlexQube - Smart and Motorized Cart Concept

eQart® by FlexQube - Smart and Motorized Cart Concept.

2 July 2019

3 Tips to Integrating Automated Material Handling Equipment in Your Facilities

25 June 2019

All You Need to Know About Starting Out with Pallet Trolleys

20 June 2019

Why do I need to put on all this safety gear if the plant is committed to safety?