LODEM Focuses on Safety and Standards
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
The loading dock is often overlooked, despite its key function between the trailer and the warehouse. MHI’s Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers (LODEM) group is helping to improve the industry from within while making others aware of this important link in the overall material handling ecosystem.
Helping others understand this role is vital with the changes occurring throughout the material handling world. Docks are not immune and are often impacted by the changes in other phases. LODEM not only works to amplify this role, but also to tackle its own issues like safety standards, industry data and technological innovations.
This takes plenty of coordination within the dock equipment segment, especially when it comes to developing and implementing safety standards. “It’s always a bit of a conflict when you have competitors collaborating on safety standards or analyzing trends,” said Brett Lindstrom, LODEM chair and director of product management for dock equipment at MHI member Systems LLC…
