Can a Piece of Paper Dramatically Reduce the Performance of a Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) Truck?
July 6, 2012
In September 2010 VDMA introduced a guideline “Floors for use with VNA Trucks”.
Although Face Consultants (FACE) can now survey the VDMA guidelines, they do not currently endorse the recommendations as they have yet to be validated and peer reviewed.
FACE, with the assistance of BITA and their members, have been carrying out a number of surveys on existing installations where VNA trucks are operating at differing levels of performance. As the VDMA guideline implies a measurement equivalent to the thickness of a single piece of paper can dramatically affect the performance of a VNA truck, FACE conducted a controlled experiment to determine if this is the case, in addition to these surveys. Read More
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