Day: August 3, 2018

UPS Truck Fleet Goes Green

Going Green to Save Energy
Going Green to Save Energy

Will your semi trailer movers soon be toting cargo for haul on greener tractor trailer models? United Parcel Service (UPS) is expanding its fleet to include 730 new alternative fuel semis. In efforts to trim fuel costs and reduce emissions, compressed natural gas will now power 19% of the shipping giant’s fleet­.

How Much Green is Going Into the Investment?
To cover the cost of the 730 compressed natural gas vehicles, UPS is forking out $130-million. It is also adding 5 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations to the company’s existing framework of fueling stations to accommodate the addition.

Which Truck Manufacturers are Greening-Up their Product Line?
The company’s purchases include 400 big rigs from Freightliner (Daimler North America) and Kenworth (Paccar), as well as 300 semi trailer movers for toting trailers to their new digs.

Why’s the Company Shifting Gears?
The investment is part of a broad, company-wide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ground operations 12% by 2025. It comes alongside a $20-billion investment in facilities technology and automation in efforts to adjust to the household e-commerce boom, a sector which tends to be less profitable than business deliveries. Focusing on fuel, historically the biggest expense for transportation companies, UPS is aiming to keep their business in the black.

Will Others Follow?
Many others are exploring alternatives for their delivery vehicles: Anheuser-Busch has reserved hundreds of Nikola Motor Company’s hydrogen-electric trucks; Walmart and J.B. Hunt Transport are in line to test out Tesla’s all-electric big rigs; and Deutsche Post AG’s DHL supply chain and truck-leasing company Ryder are likewise jumping aboard the green vehicle bandwagon.

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Improve Your Warehouse Picking Productivity

Warehouse truck works
Tips to Improve Picking Efficiency

As sales from online retailing continue to grow, optimizing warehouse productivity has become more crucial than ever. Our electric tugger carts let you allocate manpower more efficiently. What methods can you use to help order pickers boost their productivity?

Here are expert tips to streamline operations and maximize efforts of your order pickers.

Use a Team Approach

Your employees are on the front line. They know better than anyone what works and what needs to improve. Create a team that includes yourself along with the appropriate supervisors and one or two order pickers to review operations and discuss solutions.

Establish and Track Goals

Your employees can’t fulfill expectations if they don’t know what those expectations are. Set goals that are realistically ambitious and keep employees informed of their progress. Workers will also be able to see how their accomplishments contribute to the company’s success.

Remove Roadblocks

When confronted with obstacles, frustrated employees often develop workarounds that add time and effort. If you and your team uncover constraints to the order picking process, make it a priority to eliminate them.

Consolidate Fast-Moving Items

Do you have a system for slotting your fast-moving products? Setting up a “hot zone” for these products requires no financial investment and the layout can be adjusted as item velocities change, such as during the holiday season.

Implement Batch Picking

Discrete order picking can result in a lot of unnecessary walking. Analyze your orders to determine if they can be batched to reduce the number of passes a picker has to make.

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