Planning Extra Forklift Numbers for Peak Season Demand

When the annual peak sales season arrives, logistics, warehousing and manufacturing enterprises will face a short-term surge of order volume, and the original fixed forklift fleet often cannot fully cover the peak operation demand, leading to long waiting time for loading and unloading, delayed outbound efficiency and other problems. To make a scientific plan for extra forklift numbers, enterprises can start with sorting out historical operation data first. You can refer to the peak operation data of the past three years, count the maximum hourly handling order volume in the busiest period, calculate the average working efficiency of each existing forklift, and deduct the time occupied by daily equipment maintenance, temporary scheduling adjustment and driver shift rest, to get the basic capacity gap. Next, you need to reserve reasonable additional redundancy according to the actual operation scene. During the peak season, most enterprises will set up temporary storage areas far away from the loading and unloading platform, which will extend the single trip handling time. The new temporary operators recruited in peak period usually have lower operation proficiency, which will further reduce the actual output of each forklift. It is recommended to reserve 15% to 20% of extra forklift capacity to avoid unexpected gaps. If your team does not have enough energy to complete the whole process of demand calculation, you can contact Jianshu New Energy to get professional customized assessment support. The BYD Forklift full series of electric equipment can be flexibly deployed according to your peak demand, with perfect on-site debugging and accompanying operation and maintenance support. After the initial number measurement is completed, you can arrange the extra forklifts to the sections that are most prone to operation congestion, such as the access channel of the loading platform and the edge of the temporary stock area, and carry out 1 to 2 simulated peak operation drills in advance to find out the potential loopholes in capacity connection. If you need more detailed planning reference materials, you can send an email to 17399989919@163.com for the free guide document. Scientific extra forklift number planning can not only help enterprises get through the high load operation period smoothly, but also avoid the resource idle waste caused by blind purchase of excess equipment, balance the operation cost and operation efficiency, and realize the stable operation of the whole peak season.