More Companies Going Forklift-Free更多的公司前往叉车-免费
An increasing number of companies, particularly in the manufacturing, warehousing and logistics industries, are moving toward a forklift-free environment.越来越多的公司，特别是在制造业，仓储及物流业，走向叉车-自由的环境。 Safety concerns and maintenance costs are the primary factors driving this major change in material handling application.安全问题和维护成本是主要的驱动因素，这重大的改变，在材料处理的应用。
According to a recent study by the Hyster Company, a major manufacturer of forklift trucks, only 6% of end-users know their real forklift maintenance costs and few have implemented programs to reduce those costs.根据最近的一份研究报告由hyster公司，这是一家主要制造商平衡重式叉车，只有6 ％的最终用户知道他们的真实叉车的维修费用，而且很少有实施计划，以减少这些费用。 Over the 20-year life of a forklift, 80% of the total costs are operating expenses.超过20年的生活叉车， 80 ％的总成本是营运开支。 Ownership accounts for only 20% of a forklift’s total cost.所有权帐户只有20 ％的叉车的总成本。 The Hyster study estimates that American businesses waste more than $1 billion per year in unnecessary material handling operating costs.该hyster研究估计，美国企业的废物超过10亿美元，每年在不必要的材料处理的营运成本。
Far more expensive are the human loss and liability costs directly tied to forklift injuries each year.到目前为止，更昂贵的是人类的损失和责任成本直接挂钩叉车受伤每年。 Each year, nearly 100 US workers are killed in forklift accidents and another 20,000 seriously injured.每年，近百名美国工人被杀害在叉车事故和另一20000身受重伤。 Forklift overturns cause 25% of forklift-related deaths.叉车推翻事业的25 ％ ，叉车有关的死亡个案。 Medical expenses, insurance costs, workmen’s compensation and lost man-hours associated with forklift accidents cost American businesses millions of dollars each year.医疗费用，保险费用，工人的赔偿和损失的人时与叉车意外成本的美国企业以百万元计，每年。
According to John Neuman and Larry Tyler, writing in American Machinist , a forklift-free program can have multiple benefits, including:据约翰纽曼和拉里泰勒，以书面形式在美国机械师 ，叉车-免费计划，可以有多种好处，包括：
- reduced inventory,减少库存，
- improved material flow,改善物质流，
- reduced line-side handling equipment,减少线方面的处理设备，
- reduced floor space,减少的楼面面积，
- increased cycle efficiency,增加循环效率，
- increased floor coordination,增加楼协调，
- increased stocking efficiency, and增加放养效率，
- decreased operating costs.降低经营成本。
On the human side, a forklift-free environment improves investor, worker and public perception of a company’s attention to safety.对人性的一面，叉车-自由的环境，提高投资者，工人和市民的看法，一个公司的注意安全。 It improves worker ergonomics, efficiency and production and decreases expensive lost man-hours, medical, insurance and liability costs.它改善了工人的工效，生产效率和降低昂贵的失去了人时，医疗，保险和赔偿费用。
Next time: Implementing a forklift-free program.在未来时间：实施叉车-免费程序。
