‘Big data’ is set to be one of the business trends that define 2015 – and one of the UK’s leading pallet truck providers is urging clients and customers to leverage big data and analyse their pallet truck fleets. Midland Pallet Trucks is renowned as one of the UK’s leading providers of manual handling equipment, and the advice from the experts is to utilise big data to identify inefficiencies and iron out the flaws in their fleets – making for a more profitable and productive workforce all round.
The amount of data that businesses collect nowadays is staggering. According to the Harvard Business Review, big data allows managers to ‘measure, and hence know, radically more about their businesses, and directly translate that knowledge into improved decision-making and performance’. In using information to predict trends like truck breakdowns or identify which trucks should be consigned to the scrapheap, businesses can become more efficient and more productive – which will have a direct effect on the bottom line.
Phil Chesworth, Managing Director of Midland Pallet Trucks, says, “For businesses that rely on heavy-duty machinery and equipment to function, it’s crucial for them to understand how to make that apparatus as functional and efficient as possible. Whether it’s measuring the length of time it takes to pick an order from the warehouse, or tracking which are the most commonly replaced parts on pallet trucks, it’s possible for managers to identify the inefficiencies in their fleet and make informed decisions to benefit the entire workforce.”
He adds, “Big data is the biggest trend for 2015, and many businesses have a head start from the last few years – whether they’re monitoring sales output to track purchasing trends, or analysing staff absences to hone their company policy. It’s time businesses in construction, manufacturing, warehousing and other industrial sectors jumped on the big data bandwagon and used it to further their development as businesses.”
Midland Pallet Trucks boasts a huge range of varied manual handling solutions, each with different features and specialities. For the business managers identifying issues with their fleet and looking for a solution, the online store stocks hundreds of different models, with new products coming into stock regularly. Whether they need trucks with higher lifting capacity, wider forks or easier loading capabilities, Midland Pallet Trucks offers the solution, making it a one-stop shop for ambitious businesses using big data to enhance their productivity in 2015.