Caster Connection Supporting Amazon
As a department or facility leader for Amazon, it is essential to acknowledge and tackle the safety and ergonomic challenges that can become prevalent issues. When excluding Covid-19 cases, physical overexertion is the #1 cause of workplace injuries/illness and accounts for 23% of all workplace injuries. One critical ergonomic component that often goes unnoticed is the quality of the casters utilized throughout material handling systems. Luckily, the caster experts at Caster Connection are here to help you minimize downtime, eliminate ergonomic injuries, and maximize your ROI.
Why Settle for Commodity Casters When Caster Connection Can Provide Peace of Mind?
The presence of subpar commodity casters on picker carts, U-boats, pallet jacks, and drone carts can contribute to several shortcomings and consequences that impact your operations, employee well-being, and bottom line.
To delve deeper into this topic and explore viable solutions, we encourage you to access the comprehensive range of resources we have included within this hub, which we explicitly created for Amazon facilities.
These resources include a FREE whitepapers, a solutions brochure, informative videos, and more. Utilizing these materials allows you to gain valuable insights and make informed decisions to enhance safety, optimize operations, and reduce costs in your Amazon distribution facilities.
Remember, the investment in better casters is an investment in the well-being of your employees and the efficiency of your operations. Together, let us work towards creating a safer, more productive working environment.
The Challenges and Pain Points We're Seeing in Amazon Facilities
We have worked with numerous Amazon facilities in the last year and have discovered that many of these facilities are dealing with similar challenges and pain points. Caster Connection has been partnering with distribution and fulfillment centers across a variety of industries for decades and has created products that are specifically designed to address the challenges that you are trying to resolve.
The resources and links below are in place to help aid in combatting these challenges:
Worker Safety
Reducing workplace injuries, particularly physical overexertion, is also a priority for distribution centers. Physical overexertion remains the #1 cause of workplace injuries, according to the US National Safety Council, accounting for a whopping 25% of all workplace injuries. These injuries carry significant direct and indirect costs, saddling businesses in the US with $15.1 billion in direct losses annually.
Speed
Fulfilling purchase orders as quickly as possible, particularly for online purchases, is getting harder by the day. Package volumes are increasing, and distribution centers are expected to handle these increased volumes with the same number of staff.
Staffing
Recruiting, training and retaining staff is difficult as package volumes continue to climb. The major courier companies are also facing challenges recruiting sufficient drivers to meet increasing volumes, putting further pressure on the entire supply chain.
Profitability
Another perennial challenge for distribution centers is maintaining and/or expanding profit margins amidst pressures on operating efficiency and rising costs for materials and labor.
Expectations
Delivering the same customer experience amidst disruptions in supply chains is a major challenge. Customers who receive their packages later than expected may feel dissatisfied enough to give their loyalty (such as it is) to retailers who they believe might better fulfill their expectations or meet their delivery promises.
What Makes Caster Connection Different
Customization
Customized caster solutions that we tailor to your unique needs.
Support
Continuous client and technical support whenever you may need it.
On-Site Evaluations
On-site evaluations accurately access the demands of the job, so we can efficiently and effectively address your pain points
Comprehensive Caster Education
Access informative hubs, lunch-and-learns, plus a wealth of blogs, videos, case studies, whitepapers, and more—all geared towards simplifying caster comprehension.
Unprecedented Product Testing
Comprehensive testing to verify that our proposed caster solutions can withstand the demands of the job and the environment of your facility.
Scalability
With multiple manufacturing facilities across the globe, we are able to meet demand and accommodate even the largest global projects. Our extensive distribution network and logistical infrastructure gives us the ability to adapt to needs and goals of our partners.
RECOMMENDED CASTER SOLUTIONS FOR AMAZON FACILITIES
***MSRP Pricing — Contact Your Sales Representative for Amazon-Specific Pricing***
CC Apex’s polyurethane on aluminum ergonomic wheel design yields optimal performance and offers effortless navigation where precise movements are necessary. Available in 2” wide and 1-1/4” wide, CC Apex was designed to be strong and durable, improve pushing/pulling ergonomics, reject debris, perform quietly and cleanly, and reduce the need for maintenance.
THE PERFECT WIRE RACK CART CASTER FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND WAREHOUSES
The CC Apex with your mounting type of choice is the perfect caster for wire rack, utility, metro, and picker carts of all sorts. You can install them quickly, push your cart easily, work in a near-silent work environment, and do this all at the perfect price point for casters that will last for years. Ensure that your warehouse production is never brought to a halt because of your casters!
Free Whitepaper on OSHA's NEP for Warehousing & Distribution
Discover how to navigate the new OSHA NEP for warehouse and distribution safety with ergonomic caster solutions designed and engineered to meet the demanding environments of distribution centers.
In This Whitepaper, You Will Learn:
- What is a NEP and how to navigate this new National Emphasis Plan for warehouse and distribution facilities like a pro to protect and retain employees while avoiding costly OSHA violations.
- How to unpack what in involved in this NEP, whether you're business could be affected, and how this can impact that daily grind of your business operations.
- What OSHA is looking for and how to transform your ergonomic game-because who said compliance needs to be stressful?
FREE DISTRIBUTION WHITEPAPER
When Push Comes to Shove: Discover how better casters help distribution centers reduce injuries, improve operations and lower costs.
Distribution centers are facing unprecedented challenges. SKUs are proliferating. Package volumes are climbing. Customers are demanding ever-shorter delivery times. And supply chains are being disturbed.
Discover how improving the casters in your facility maintains uptime, protects worker safety, lowers maintenance costs and plenty more.
FREE AUTOMATION WHITEPAPER
Discover how robotic process automation solutions such as AGVs and AGCs can help manufacturing, warehousing/distribution centers, those in material handling and other industries to reduce injuries and improve operations.
In This Whitepaper, You Will Learn:
- How to protect and retain employees - especially during this era of employee shortages.
- The benefits of a forklift-free initiative.
- Specifics regarding autonomous solutions like Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Autonomous Guided Carts (AGCs) and Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs).
- The value of autonomous solutions.
- Considerations for moving towards automation.
- The role of casters in an automation solution.
FREE DISTRIBUTION BROCHURE
Caster solutions designed and engineered to meet the demanding environments of distribution centers.
CONTAINS USEFUL INFO REGARDING:
- Preventing Injuries
- Improving Operations
- Reducing costs
