Manojit Acharya, Managing Director, Jungheinrich Lift Truck India Pvt Ltd chats about new technologies emerging in the MHE industry and believes that it doesn’t matter whether the customer is local or global player.

What are the different types of material handling equipments offered by you?
Jungheinrich offers total warehousing solutions, which consists of hand pallet trucks, battery operated pallet trucks, stackers, reach truck, double deep reach truck, electric counterbalance truck, very narrow aisle truck, automated guided truck along with racking system.

What kinds of innovative technology are emerging in MHEs around the globe?
There are various innovative technology emerging in the MHE industry. Li-ion batteries, automated guided vehicle, warehouse navigation, warehouse control are few of the innovative technologies that are emerged over the years. Li-ion batteries are revolutionising the market for electric industrial trucks and help customer in utilising their fleet to the extent. Li-Ion batteries also reduce the maintenance cost and increases the efficiency of the truck. Narrow Aisle truck combined with warehouse navigation and logistic Interface can be integrated with customer’s warehouse management system for an error free operation within the warehouse. This system will be 25 per cent more efficient and can help in inventory management within the warehouse. Guidance system with VNA Truck carry out the pallet movement within the racking system with ease and with utmost safety of the system. Automated Guided Truck will serve the customer for all the standard application of pallet movement as well as storage area without human intervention. Personal protection system on the Automated Guided Vehicle take cares of the safety within the warehouse.

What is your core strength/USP that differentiates your MHE solutions from the competitors?
Jungheinrich takes care of operation starting from inward of material and processing within the warehouse and completing the outward material in terms of throughput. Jungheinrich’s strength lies in providing the total solution which consist of storage system, MHE’s for handling the material within the warehouse and software which is used for managing the inventory and throughput of material. As a leading system supplier for smart intralogistics solutions, we firmly believe that every company, whether it is a global player or a small or medium-sized enterprise can benefit right now from connecting and conducting its processes perfectly. This will ensure that businesses remain profitable and future-proof, all at the same time. With our high rack stackers, you can stack pallets or pick individual articles with consummate ease. They impress with their throughput performance and space utilisation – both significant advantages in the face of growing costs and product variety in the world of logistics. Jungheinrich trucks are equipped with batteries which can run two shifts for one charge which eliminates the usage of spare battery in case of two shift operation.

Manojit Acharya, Managing Director, Jungheinrich Lift Truck India Pvt Ltd