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I ntE rmoD a L&exP otranscompexhibitionINTERMODAL ASSOCIATIONOF NORTH AMERICACo-located shows November 13-15, 2011Georgia World Congress Center | Atlanta, GeorgiaConnect with thousands of freight executives at themost dynamic transportation and logistics industryevents in North America.www.freightexpo. N etSpACe iS limitedreServe your booth todAyFor more information, contact:Scott grovesToll-free: (800) 796-2638, ext. 4971Direct: (770) 576-4971E-mail: info@freightexpo.netintermodal Association of North America866-438-EXPO | iana.expo@intermodal.orgwww.intermodal.orgthe National industrial transportation league703-524-5011 | transcomp@nitl.orgwww.nitl.orgThe TransComp Exhibition and Intermodal Expo are held incooperation with IANA’s Annual Membership Meeting, NITL’sAnnual Meeting, and TIA’s Fall Meeting.
15Warehouse & DC Managementways thelift truckToday’s lift trucks offer more in the way of technology,power, and performance than ever before. Here’s a lookat the latest innovations available in today’s trucks.By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at largeRemember that old commercial: Thisis not your father’s Oldsmobile? Thesame can be said for lift trucks. If youhaven’t replaced your fleet of lift trucksin recent years—and, thanks to therecession, many readers parked someof their fleet during 2009—you maybe surprised by the technology beingbuilt into today’s offerings. The developmentsinclude everything from ergonomicimprovements for operator comfortto fully automated lift trucks thatoperate just like an automatic guidedvehicle (AGV).But, not all of the changes are as revolutionaryas converting a lift truck into anAGV. “We are an evolutionary industry,not a revolutionary industry,” says JeffBowles, product line manager, MitsubishiCaterpillar Forklift America (MCFA).If you think about it, that approachmakes sense. New lift trucks have togo right to work in existing applicationswithout disrupting operations. What’smore, the basic lift truck remains thebackbone of most warehouses, DCs,and manufacturing plants. Those evolutionarychanges are resulting in trucksthat are more productive, smarter, andreliable than ever before.We recently spoke to 10 of the leadinglift truck manufacturers in NorthAmerica to learn about the 15 mostimportant advancements found on thenext generation of lift trucks. Here arethe results.42 Logistics Management WWW.LOGISTICSMGMT.COM | October 2011
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