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most models in a week or less.
more than 70 years.
From small manual push units with foot pump lift
to our complete line of PowerStak
units, there’s a Presto Lift Stacker to suit every
application. In all, over 150 specific models are
available in Fork Over, Straddle and Counterweight
styles. And with a wide range of accessories
including platforms, rams, hooks, roller beds, drum
handlers and more, they can be customized for
maximum productivity and convenience.
Our Always-in-Stock program allows us to ship
most models in a week or less.
For details visit www.Prestolifts.com, call 800-343-9322
or talk to your local material handling equipment dealer.
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Q How far along are you in your study?
AWe are in year one of a three-year project. The pilot itself will run throughout 2020 and 2021, but we gave
ourselves one full year to get permissions, and that is very
realistic. We needed permission from the cities of Seattle
and Bellevue for the exact pilot-test locations. We need
to get permits to install the lockers from a separate group
within Seattle’s Department of Transportation that oversees
sidewalks. We need to market the lockers.
On top of that, Seattle has a very strong surveillance
ordinance. We’ve had to spend quite a bit of time understanding how we could “sensor” these places and obtain
the data we need without running afoul of that surveillance
ordinance, so it is a constraint. Then, of course, all the
sensors need to be installed. We have to begin receiving the
data, test it, and make sure the app actually functions well
for drivers and dispatchers. The whole thing is going to
light up in January 2020.
Q What do you hope to achieve?
AWe have set actual quantitative goals. For instance, one of our objectives is to reduce the number of failed
first deliveries by 30 percent. We’re also looking to reduce
what we used to call “parking seeking” behavior, but we’ve
learned in the research we’ve done to date that it is really
“parking choice” behavior. We are going to reduce the waste
and make that parking-choice behavior more efficient.
Q What other things are you planning to study?
AAlong with the growth of e-commerce, another trend we see building over the next five years is greater use
of autonomous delivery vehicles. So, we are looking to sort
out what the metrics for success might be for running a
smart city with autonomous delivery vehicles. You can’t
manage these things until you have some pretty clear-cut,
measurable goals. So, how would you set up this system?
We are looking at questions like that.
The second thing that we’re very interested in—and the
lockers are really one example—is creating this “artificial
density” for delivery, because dropping off one parcel every
three seconds at individual addresses is the least-profitable,
most-expensive part of the carriers’ work. So, in addition
to the lockers, we’re interested in looking at shared micro
hubs, which are flexible consolidation points for deliveries,
as a way to allow companies to make good on the two-hour
delivery promise that apparently is going to be the new
standard for retail.
