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Mar11

Sandra Roel - La Fama Foods

LTS Moving America – Episode 03

Video

La Fama Foods spokesperson and CFO, Sandra Roel, talks about the company and how material handling impacts their business.

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Feb04

Weston Rogers

Employee Spotlight – Weston Rogers

Territory III Sales Manager

Weston covers Lift Truck Supply’s most western territory that includes – Temple, Belton, Killeen, Waco, Georgetown, and Round Rock.

Relatively new to the Central Texas region, Weston has been diligently making contacts and meeting the business community for the last year and a half.

1.  Why do you think Toyota forklifts are routinely voted the best forklift brand?

Toyota has built its name around quality, durability, and reliability. Customers know that when they purchase/lease a Toyota forklift they are getting the best piece of equipment in the industry. I also believe that Toyota’s dedication to  having the lowest cost of ownership, as well as their dedication to pushing the forklift industry to being safer with standard features such as SAS (System of Active Stability) let’s customers know that Toyota doesn’t just care about selling equipment, but also helping to create a safer and more efficient workplace.

2.  How does it feel when a material handling solution you’ve recommended for a client completely exceeds their expectations?

Anytime I am able to help a client improve their efficiency is exciting for me. This past spring I was able to work with a client that has always purchased used forklifts and therefore had a lot of downtime and high service bills. We talked with them about going to a lease program to put new equipment in their facility. Last year they ordered and put 5 new Toyota lifts into their facility and are looking to add 5 more this year. Their service bills are almost non-existent now (outside of regularly scheduled PM’s) and they love the way the Toyota’s operate in their facility. 

3.  When you’re not on the job, how do you like to spend your time?

When I’m not working I spend my time with my wife Grace and our dog Buddy. We spend a lot of our free time enjoying Baylor sporting events with our family and friends… Sic Em Bears! If I’m not supporting Baylor athletics or helping my wife around the house then I like to work on my golf game when I get a chance. So when the weather is nice you can find me on the driving range or playing a round at a local course.

If you’re from Temple, Belton, Killeen, Waco, Georgetown, or Round Rock and need recommendations or quotes on forklifts please call Weston at 214.202.3313.

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Feb03

Forklift Lease vs Buy

Forklift – Lease vs Buy Chart

Forklift Buy vs Lease Infographic

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Feb03

Electric Forklift Consumable Parts

Electric Forklift Maintenance
Parts, Oil, & Grease

AC-Electric-Forklift-Consumable-Parts-Oil-Infographic

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Feb03

Electric Forklift Replacement Parts

Electric Forklift Maintenance
Replacement Parts Chart

AC Electric Forklift Periodic Replacement Parts

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Feb03

IC Forklift Consumable Parts

IC Forklift Maintenance
Parts, Oil, & Grease

IC-IC-Forklift-Consumable-Parts-Oil-Infographic

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Feb03

Reddy Ice Toyota Forklift Case Study

Reddy Ice Video Case Study – Toyota Forklifts

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Toyota Forklifts & Reddy Ice

Announcer: The idea of something being frozen in the supply chain is not usually a good thing. We normally like to see things kept fluid but in the case of the nation’s largest manufacturer of commercial ice, frozen is the ideal state.

This is the Denver production and distribution facility for Reddy Ice, a company that manufacturers ice at 68 facilities across 32 states. Denver is one if its newest facilities. At 50,000 square feet it includes an ice production area, a freezer storage vault, and a loading dock.

Reddy Ice relies on Toyota forklifts and pallet jacks to move ice within all of its facilities nationwide. The company had previously used another lift truck brand but switched to Toyota forklifts because of their quality and dependability. Also, because Toyota’s extensive and experienced dealer network matches up well for servicing and maintaining the vehicles.

Joey Tasher: We’re converting all of our units to Toyota. We chose Toyota because of their vast distribution aspects. They have facilities nationwide that really proved to fit better for us.

Announcer: Reddy Ice, as a corporation, wanted a single point of contact to manage forklift needs and since Reddy Ice is headquartered in Dallas, Texas the Dallas area Toyota forklift dealer, Shoppas Material Handling, became their primary supplier. Shoppas coordinates the 800 pieces of Toyota equipment that Reddy Ice now uses within its network and it works with the local Toyota forklift dealers across all 68 of Reddy Ice’s Locations to service and maintain the equipment.

Jason Bratton: Toyota and Reddy Ice Have partnered to provide material handling equipment throughout their facilities all across North America. We’ve helped standardize them on the Toyota product, making sure they have the right piece of equipment for their application. It’s been a great relationship so far.

Announcer: The Denver facility Reaches customers throughout Colorado as well as parts of Wyoming and New Mexico. Those customers include convenience stores, supermarkets, commercial ice users, and airlines. The ice on this truck will fill the drinks of passengers departing today from Denver International Airport.

Work starts early here as the first delivery trucks leave the facility at about five in the morning. That means that ice has to be ready by then for loading.

Manufacturing commercial ice is just a bit more complicated than how we all make ice cubes at home. First, city water is sent through a water softener, a carbon filter, then reverse osmosis, and finally a UV filter. The filtered water is frozen using these large tanks cooled by liquid ammonia. The formed ice is cut into cubes, which are deposited in this storage bin located within the facility’s very large freezer, known as the vault. The temperature in here is a chilly 18°F.

The next step is to bring the cubed ice from the vault for packaging into 5, 10, and 20 pounds plastic bags. The 10 pound bag is the most popular size. The bagged ice is palletized and a Toyota forklift picks up the ice and loads it onto a pallet conveyor. The ice then conveys to a door on the wall of the very large freezer vault. Inside the vault a light illuminates alerting a forklift driver, working with in those chilly conditions, that a pallet is ready for pickup. He opens the door, gathers the load off of the conveyor, and takes it to floor storage where the pallets are stacked several high. The ice will remain in the vault for only a short time before being loaded onto trucks for customer delivery.

This Toyota electric forklift is one of two in Denver equipped with a cascade single double fork attachment so it is able to handle two pallets at a time. The pallets are taken directly from the vault and loaded onto trailers and delivery trucks. The two pallets barely fit through the trailer opening with the single double forks but loading this way is twice as fast. An important consideration when your inventory could simply melt away.

Electric pallet jacks are also used to load trailers. The electric pallet jacks often do double duty here as some of them ride along inside of the trailers so that they are available to expedite delivery upon reaching the customer site. The pallets are simply unloaded from the truck and driven directly into customer storage areas. That’s much easier than carrying individual bags of ice. Even though, they must work in frigid conditions the Toyota forklifts have proven to be up to the task.

Joey Tasher: They have reacted very well to the cold environment as well as to the different effects of in and out of a freezer. Toyota is very reliable, your products are very strong, and provide us the ability to really complete our job in an effective manner.

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Feb02

Mark Sherrow - Territory II Manager

Employee Spotlight – Mark Sherrow

Territory II Sales Manager

Mark covers Lift Truck Supply’s most eastern territory that includes – Longview, Kilgore, Marshall, Nacogdoches, Texarkana, and Lufkin.

With over 15 years in forklift sales in the North East Texas region, Mark is uniquely qualified to evaluate equipment options and recommend material handling solutions that fit your specific operational needs.

1.  How did you get into forklift sales?

While working in sales at Schwan’s I was approached by a customer about taking a look at an equipment sales company he had purchased. With a background in sales, customer service, and basic automotive knowledge I felt confident I could transition into equipment sales. I studied hard and learned the facts about the equipment offerings we carried and grew into the position. 

2.  What aspect of material handling consulting do you find the most rewarding? 

Listening to a customer’s needs and being able to help them gain efficiencies or be better equipped to handle the items that give them headaches is a good feeling. We had a customer this past year with an original battery change out station servicing 3 batteries per forklift to keep up with their daily operations. The aging batteries had become a high maintenance item in terms of labor and productivity as well as a potential safety hazard.  We were able to survey the time spent watering, changing batteries, and maintenance to the charging station and provide a report that justified the cost of a more efficient battery system and make the working environment safer.

3.  When you’re not on the job, how do you like to spend your time?

My kids take up most of my time – running them to soccer games or practice 4 to 5 days a week. When we don’t have soccer or some type of kids sports, the family enjoys going to Texas Rangers games, car and truck shows, or sometimes just cooking and hanging out with friends and family!

If you’re from Longview, Kilgore, Marshall, Nacogdoches, Texarkana, or Lufkin and need recommendations or quotes on forklifts please call Mark at 903.387.8665.

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Feb01

Scott Malmstrom - Sales Manager

Employee Spotlight – Scott Malmstrom

Territory I Sales Manager

Scott covers Lift Truck Supply’s central territory that includes – Tyler, Jacksonville, Sulphur Springs, Corsicana, Greenville, and Paris.

Fifteen plus years of forklift sales and service experience has made Scott an excellent resource for questions regarding material handling.  As a former mechanic, Scott’s unique insights often lead to increased productivity and efficiency for his clients.

We asked Scott to answer these three questions so you could better get to know him and his thoughts on material handling.

1.  Why are Toyota forklifts consistently rated the lowest cost of ownership among forklift brands?

Toyota is the top in quality and durability, which is what you receive with your Toyota forklift, these are forklifts that you can count on for many years in your facility. The ease of operation and maintenance on the machines leads to less downtime and more productivity. Even when I was a mechanic, I preferred to work on the Toyota’s compared to other brands because of the ease of service and space provided in the compartment for the mechanic to reach everything without having to disassemble the forklift. This also factors into the cost of ownership because you’re paying less for tear down time.

2.  What’s the most challenging aspect of your job?

The most challenging part is trying to reach everyone in my territory to have face-to-face time with each customer. I try to treat customers the way I would like to be treated if I was the customer. I would like to know who I am buying my equipment from and what type of person they are. This plays into the purchasing process as well, you can tell so much from a person’s personality the first time you meet them that gives you an indication whether this is going to be a good purchase.

3.  When you’re not on the job, how do you like to spend your time?

Most of my time is spent with my family – we do everything together. My oldest daughter is in college so we have had to get use to that, but the youngest, which is in high school keeps us very busy with her sport activities. If I am not with them, then most likely I am at the lake trying to catch my limit of fish – it happens very rarely.

If you’re from Tyler, Jacksonville, Sulphur Springs, Corsicana, Greenville, or Paris and need recommendations or quotes on forklifts please call Scott at 903.312.2743.

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Jan27

LTS Moving America - Episode 2

LTS Moving America – Episode 02

Video

Gourmet Recipe Experts’ spokesman and President, Howard Montgomery, talks about the company and how material handling impacts their business.

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