Productivity is crucial to your operations, so it is important to look around your operations and find the areas you can improve. Since you do not want to overwork your employees, follow our tips for helping your operations work faster, safer, and more efficiently without adding work hours to your employee schedules. Ask yourself the following: Do I Have the Right Equipment? In some cases, using the proper equipment for the job can get overlooked and reduce your efficiency. Keep in mind that not all forklifts are designed to perform at the same level, so you must make sure you have the right equipment for your application. For example, if you have a forklift operator who constantly gets on and off the forklift throughout the day, a stand-up rider would be a better option for your operators. They will operate in narrow spaces with less time spent standing up in confined areas and maneuvering to sit down. Am I Using the Proper Equipment for Each Job? You want to evaluate your equipment