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Welcome to Shoptalk.

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I'm David,
an employee-owner with Cisco-Eagle.

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It's common to store pallets on the floor
level beneath pallet rack.

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The problem is ergonomics.

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Workers must stoop, squat,
and lift at awkward angles.

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It's easy to bump your head
while you're pulling parts or cartons.

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One of our customers wanted to improve
its carton picking ergonomics.

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Their process was to use a pallet
jack to pull the pallet,

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make the pick and return it.

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As you'd expect, that's time consuming.

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Someone had to find a pallet
jack, roll it to the pick location,

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pick the needed cartons,
repack the pallet,

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return the pallet jack,
and then take picked cartons.

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Using pallet jacks didn't work because
it was time consuming and inconvenient.

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Pallet dollies were an alternative.

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Because the pallets themselves are mobile,

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there was no need to locate a pallet jack,
you could just pull the pallet.

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This meant

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that you had to have a pallet dolly
for every floor position.

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Pallet dollies
also made every pallet mobile.

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You could roll them anywhere.

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One problem
was that pallet dollies don't have brakes.

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They can knock into each other
if they aren't carefully placed

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when stowing a pallet.

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Dollies were rejected
because they weren't in a fixed place

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and could go missing
from their storage positions.

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Another option,
and the one that worked out,

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was a pull out pallet shelf
that mounts to the floor.

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In some cases, they can be installed on
the lowest beam to provide better access.

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They stay in place as they are
attached to their positions on the floor.

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Pickers can easily pull them out,

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pick needed cartons or items, then
push the pallet back beneath the rack.

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They removed extra steps
and stops for drivers and pickers

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since they always remain in place.

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Because they're easy to work with,

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workers are more likely to follow safe
picking processes.

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Thanks for watching Shoptalk.

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Give us a call or visit
Cisco-Eagle.com for more information.