Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
    Vol. 56 No. 2 (2019)   M-FET
    New Products

    Telematics Service for Forklift Trucks


    In recent years, the three main issues of logistics companies are "reduction of logistics cost", "improvement of logistics quality", and "safety". In consideration of the shortage of labor and Work Style Reform in Japan in addition to these issues, managers are looking for ways to improve quality and safety more efficiently. In response to the above issues, Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd., a predecessor of Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd., released LVS, a forklift truck operation management system, in 2017. As Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. merged with UniCarriers Corporation, we linked the system with a drive recorder that UniCarriers Corporation was working on to devise and commercialize the new operation management system LVS 2.0, which has been well received by customers.
    (This article is written in Japanese and only the abstract is written in English.)