Electric Mover Turns Workers into Supermen!

TrailerCaddy Motorized Trailer Puller
TrailerCaddy Motorized Trailer Puller
We admit it isn’t faster that a speeding bullet, and you won’t find leaping tall buildings in the specs; but it can make you feel more powerful than a locomotive. If you’ve ever wanted to flex Superman muscles but your body is more Clark Kent, our incredible TrailerCaddy electric mover is just what you’ve been looking for. This powerful DJ Products electric mover turns ordinary workers into Supermen and Superwomen, allowing them to effortlessly transport heavy trailers and vehicles — no tights or capes required!DJ Products’ versatile TrailerCaddy electric mover pushes and pulls trailers that require lifting on one end before maneuvering. Heavy equipment trailers, RVs, campers and boats are easily moved down assembly lines, from manufacturing plant to storage lot, across dealer lots, on and off showroom floors, or into position at trade shows — no need to hook up to a truck when you need to move these vehicles short distances, just slide in the TrailerCaddy and a single worker can do the job, effortlessly. Click here to watch a video of DJ Products’ amazing TrailerCaddy in action.

Like all DJ Products electric mover, the TrailerCaddy electric mover is ergonomically designed to take the strain off workers. The sore backs, strained muscles and exhausting overexertion that plague workers who wrestle with large trailered equipment are eliminated by DJ Products’ ergonomic design features. Any worker of any size or physical ability can easily move trailers, vehicles or equipment using DJ Products’ electric TrailerCaddy trailer mover. Ergonomic design significantly decreases worker injuries and their associated medical, insurance, worker’s compensation and lost man-hour costs, representing a considerable savings to employers.Less bulky than traditional equipment, DJ Products TrailerCaddy electric mover is sleek, compact and designed to maneuver easily in tight spaces, diminishing potential damage to surrounding parts and equipment when moving bulky vehicles. The ergonomic variable speed twist grip prevents carpal tunnel syndrome while allowing operators instant and complete control over the unit at speeds of 0 to 3 mph in both forward or reverse. A high tech speed controller, neutral throttle braking and electric adjustable acceleration/braking ensure safe operation and maximum operator control of the unit. Click here for complete specs on DJ Products’ TrailerCaddy trailer mover.

Mobility Matters to Today’s Hospitality Property Managers

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Use technology to keep up to date with your staff.

Mobile technology has already changed the property management world by changing the way customers find and book a room. Now we are seeing the hospitality adopt smartphone and tablet apps for employee use, changing the way everyone from housekeeping to managers does their jobs.

Starfleet Media’s 2015 edition of the Smart Decision Guide to Hotel Property Management Systems explains how mobility solutions are quickly becoming part of the new norm.

Mobile platforms help hotel employees with productivity and response times:

  • Housekeeping receives instant alerts when a room should be cleaned
  • Front desk staff receive text-based messages when a guest makes a request
  • Maintenance receives and submits work orders, complete with notes and digital photos
  • Data and information can be seamlessly integrated from mobile applications to the property management system, producing trackable data for analysis and monitoring

In other words, mobile access not only helps workers communicate with each other and guests in real-time, it also accelerates the way hoteliers can compile and analyze data. One hub, accessible to any employee, with fewer phone calls and less paperwork to slow things down.

Hospitality industry equipment and the latest software work together to increase productivity and reduce costs. Think of a housekeeping employee using a motorized linen cart equipped with a mobile tablet. The worker quickly moves from room to room based on check-out alerts, instead of manually pushing a cart and knocking on every door.

Equip your staff with the latest technology. View the full report from Starfleet to read about the latest trends, and explore your options for motorized housekeeping carts and other hospitality industry equipment from DJ Products.

New CartCaddyHD Cart Mover pulls and pushes loads up to 50,000 lbs

DJProducts, Inc. is the world leader in providing battery-powered cart mover and assist tugs (cart mover) to the manufacturing, hospital, and retail industries. They provide solutions that eliminate the pains and strains associated with manually pushing heavy carts and wheeled equipment, or are less costly, smaller, and more maneuverable then traditional equipment like forklifts and pallet jacks that are not designed to push or pull wheeled carts and equipment.Cart Mover

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Airtugs From Lindbergh Air Tugs by DJ Products

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AircraftCaddy 4K Small Aircraft Tug

While small aircraft and helicopters don’t reach the size of commercial jets, they still present a major challenge for ground crews. Moving these bulky, heavy vehicles through the tight confines of hangars is awkward and time-consuming. With an assist from a Lindbergh air tug, this job becomes easy enough for one person to handle.

Our eco-friendly tugs are battery-powered so they run quietly, eliminating the distraction of loud engines. The walk-behind design means they can be handled by one person for more efficient use of manpower. Variable speed twist-grip handlebars are ergonomically designed to reduce the chance of repetitive use injuries. They can be operated with either hand and allow for smoother acceleration and braking.

Lindbergh tugs are sturdy enough to operate on gravel, dirt, grass and inclines as well as inclement weather conditions such as snow and ice. All larger models are equipped with a lazy susan-style cradle that allows a full 180-degree range of movement without turning the aircraft’s steering mechanism.

We offer a full line of tugs with models that can accommodate aircraft up to 35,000 pounds. In addition to the generous standard features, you can select from a variety of custom options to suit your particular application. Our exceptional customer service team will provide assistance through all stages of your purchase, including follow-up afterwards.

Whatever your needs, DJ Products has a tug to meet them. Our friendly, knowledgeable Sales Engineers are ready to help you find your perfect solution. Please contact us at 800.686.2651 or take advantage of our convenient online chat feature.

Cart puller prevents strains and pains associated with pushing or pulling heavy hospital beds.

DJ Products, Inc. is the world leader in providing assist tugs and a battery powered cart puller to the manufacturing, hospital, and retail markets. They provide cart puller solutions that eliminate the pains and strains associated with manually pushing hospital beds and heavy carts. CartCaddyLite-trans

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Newly Funded Project Aims to Help Kidney Dialysis Patients Live Longer

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Kidney Dialysis Improvements

The side effects and dangers of kidney dialysis sessions are often preventable through education and planning, say researchers at the University of Michigan. A new program seeks to make dialysis a safer and more comfortable experience for patients.

The study will monitor how outcomes can be improved by working with patients and caregivers to understand the best habits and practices for dialysis treatment. The hope is to drastically reduce the frequency of unstable sessions — ranging from severe fatigue to loss of blood pressure and even death.

Improving Outcomes for Kidney Dialysis

Patients play a role in determining the success of dialysis. Healthy diets, proper hydration, and patience to endure longer sessions (to spread out the rate of fluid exchange) can all improve dialysis results.

Medical staff must also know the warning signs of dialysis problems and the best course of action to minimize ill effects:

  • Check the fluid status more frequently
  • Monitor the rate of fluid removal
  • Educate patients about how to manage dialysis treatment
  • Respond quickly to signs of instability

Most importantly, every dialysis session should be conducted over an ample period of time to avoid sudden changes. Staff must be ready with the appropriate hospital equipment to monitor patients and respond to problems quickly.

Better hospital equipment for dialysis helps medical providers conduct sessions more easily so patients are not left unattended for too long. A battery-powered dialysis cart mover helps a provider stay nearby and ready to respond, keeping patients cared for and monitored effectively.

If your medical facility needs to improve outcomes for kidney dialysis, consider the dialysis cart movers and other hospital equipment from DJProducts.com.

Warehouse Robots May Become Your Best Employee

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Your Next Employee May Just Be A Robot

As a task automation tool, warehouse robots serve as both an inexpensive “employee” and a method of improving your warehouse efficiency for everyone.

The BBC checked in on a new robotic dolly that reads orders and moves to the correct location. The robot does not handle the picking and grabbing, but it does move the loading cart into the right position so a human passerby can simply place the item on the cart.

If your warehouse does not use automated material handling solutions, your workers are handling the full physical exertion of every aspect — pushing or pulling the cart, lifting and loading the item, and moving the heavy cart from a standstill.

The Growing Value of Automation

Motorized industrial tugs are a commonsense solution for improving warehouse efficiency. No need to reinvent the wheel with a system designed for robots rather than humans. Motorized carts simply help workers get more done in less time, with less injury risk.

Humans can efficiently and accurately read an order and pick the correct item — but the strenuous, repetitive task of moving the cart slows down the process.

The new British robots require that a human happens to walk by and pick the item. Industrial tugs have an efficiency advantage — the worker simply directs the motorized cart from location to location.

Take away the strain of moving warehouse equipment and speed up the process, and your human employees will perform even better thanks to industrial tugs.

For more info about motorized cart movers and cart pushers, visit DJProducts.com and discover how you can reduce injury, boost productivity, and get more done at the warehouse.

B&H Photo Warehouses Face Personnel Revolt as Workers Try to Unionize

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Warehouse Workers are Revolting

A major blowback against warehouse conditions has led to a unionization movement at B&H Photo Video. The New York City electronics giant faces allegations of long hours and poor air quality at its Brooklyn warehouse.

B&H operates a large store near Penn Station in Manhattan, as well as a large warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Employees have reported extreme dust problems as well as forced double shifts.

The Alleged Warehouse Problems at B&H

Employees say the dust causes nosebleeds and general health problems. The other main contention surrounds frequent long hours. The Hasidic-owned business operates Sundays and half of Fridays, requiring a 5.5-day week. Additionally, B&H closes for many Jewish holidays. After closings, workers allegedly must work 17-hour shifts to make up for lost time.

Whether unionization happens or not, it seems clear that something needs to change at the B&H warehouse.

Reports indicate that the warehouse either does not have the right equipment to get the job done efficiently or the equipment is too complex to be operated without extensive training, which workers say is not provided.

At the B&H retail store, a system of conveyor belts moves products from the shelves to cash registers. Perhaps automation will be part of the solution to streamline the warehouse.

Worker satisfaction can be significantly improved — along with warehouse efficiency — through the use of manufacturing industry tugs. Motorized cart movers reduce the physical strain on workers while streamlining material handling.

Does your warehouse use technology to its advantage? Manufacturing industry tugs keep workers happy and productive. Visit DJProducts.com for more information about cart movers and cart pullers.

Technology Changes the Way Material Handling is Performed in 2015

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Business Growth and Automation

When your business grows, can you handle the surge in labor? Technological advances in material handling are making things easier with automation. From manufacturing equipment, to warehouse distribution, to shipment — industrial tugs and other automated material handling solutions are driving growth in all industries.

Forecasts through 2019 call for a compound annual growth rate of more than 8 percent in the material handling industry. The numbers from BCC Research point to high-tech advances ranging from robotics to wearable tech as a source of growth for the next 20 years.

Tech that Makes Material Handling Faster, More Agile

Buzzwords like scalability and flexibility have been around for years. The new tech available are turning those concepts into a key part of everyday operations.

Consider the effects of adding industrial tugs to a warehouse. With a manual wheeled cart, a single employee can only move “X amount” of products around the warehouse floor in a given day. With a motorized tug that pushes or pulls the cart, the employee avoids the physical strain of maneuvering the heavy items all day.

Busier than usual one day? Automated solutions help your existing workforce accomplish more. If order volumes vary by day or season, a warehouse can keep costs down with a right-sized workforce using smart solutions that provide the flexibility and scalability required at all times.

Growing Your Business with Automated Material Handling

If your staff moves inventory, equipment, or vehicles around the worksite, we have industrial powered carts to increase productivity (and reduce worker injury, too).

Check out the WagonCaddy and other industrial tugs at DJProducts.com for more info.

How Did U.S. Automakers Get Themselves into This Mess?

President-elect Obama yesterday asked President Bush to throw a lifeline to the battered U.S. auto industry. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also called for “emergency and limited financial assistance” for auto makers and suppliers, introducing legislation to make the big three automakers eligible for help under the $700 billion Congressional bailout passed last month. The move followed disastrous third-quarter losses reported by Detroit’s Big Three: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Prior to its election break, Congress passed legislation providing $25 billion in government-backed loans to automakers to help them retool for the production of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Since then, the Big Three and United Autoworkers officials have asked for an additional $25 billion to keep the automakers afloat and a further $25 billion to fund future healthcare payments to 780,000 retirees and their dependents. Legislation currently being written in the House and Senate is expected to severely limit executive compensation and demand vigorous federal review in exchange for bailout funds.

Critics say Detroit is suffering from decades of short-sightedness and poor decision-making. In iterating the missteps that have led automakers to the edge of bankruptcy, critics cite the auto industry’s failure to invest in new products, failure to aggressively pursue fuel-efficient cars, failure to meet the competitive challenge of Asian imports and failure to take on growing union demands.

“There’s been 30 years of denial,” said Noel Tichy, a University of Michigan business professor, author and auto industry consultant. “They did not make themselves competitive. They didn’t deal with the union issues, the cost structures long ago, everything that makes a successful company.”

Tichy says the auto industry’s problems started in 1980s when Toyota and Honda mastered the production of reliable, fuel-efficient cars. Detroit, unfortunately, failed to see this as an omen of future trends. Cheap gas and a strong U.S. economy made Detroit blasé about the public’s fledgling interest in ecology and “green” lifestyles. Driven by high profits and consumer demand, the Big Three automakers continued to invest in the traditional “bigger is better” model, flooding the American market with luxury vans, trucks, SUVs and the ultimate example of overindulgence, the Hummer.

By the 1990s, Detroit had effectively ceded the small and midsize car markets to Toyota and Honda. When fears of global warming, pollution and high oil prices began to gain affect public opinion and buying habits after the millennium, U.S. automakers were caught unprepared. Skyrocketing fuel prices over the past year sent sales plummeting and sealed their fate. Coupled with a recessive economy and tight credit, failure to address future trends has driven the U.S. auto industry to the brink of extinction.

Next time: Hope for the future: Changes that will redefine the U.S. auto industry