In terms of enterprise equipment management, reducing the maintenance cost is essential in lowering production costs. The following topics are used to reduce the maintenance cost of the forklift:

1、 In the actual forklift operation process, some enterprises often have the phenomenon of “emphasizing use and neglecting management” for forklifts. Forklift drivers or equipment managers do not know enough about the performance of forklifts. Under normal circumstances, they think that it should be performed at full load as long as the forklift can be operated. Some operate continuously or even for a whole day. The forklift has no regular rest or maintenance time. Some administrators even think that stopping to rest or forklift maintenance is a waste of time, delaying work progress, or reducing production efficiency. Who knows, doing so will bury hidden trouble for the forklift. When the forklift fails, the time, human resources, and material resources it consumes will be far greater than the time and cost of regular maintenance. Therefore, one of the effective ways to reduce the forklift maintenance cost is to strengthen the communication between the equipment management department and the production or warehouse management department and find a better way to deal with the rest and maintenance required by the forklift on weekdays.

2、 Formulate the actual operating hours and rated workload of forklift in time. This can increase the labor efficiency of forklifts and get rest and maintenance when the fixed-point quota is completed. Therefore, strengthening the daily care of forklifts, basically avoiding accidents caused by abnormal wear and tear, and prolonging the service life and overhaul cycle of forklifts are essential measures to reduce maintenance costs. Reduce the cost of vulnerable parts of a forklift, and timely revise the number of maintenance expenses according to the actual situation of the forklift. There are many ways to reduce the cost of vulnerable parts of a forklift, such as essential parts procurement, transportation cost, storage, and timely use. Suppose the cost plan of parts and the quota of maintenance expenses are not formulated. In that case, it may often lead to the backlog and waste of vulnerable maintenance parts of forklift in the warehouse, excessive maintenance expenses, the low use efficiency of machinery to be repaired, and other adverse phenomena. Therefore, enterprises need to formulate the quota of forklift maintenance cost and make every link pay close attention to reduce and control the forklift maintenance cost.

3、 The equipment management department shall strengthen the early purchase management of equipment and improve the decision-making level. For example, when purchasing forklifts, we must not be greedy for cheap. We must buy second-hand forklifts close to scrapping and meet the quality requirements. This is one of the ways to reduce the maintenance cost and parts replacement cost of forklifts. We must not say that we pursue to save the purchase cost of forklifts and ignore the maintenance cost and the cost of replacing any parts. Because the maintenance cost of the forklift increases with the extension of the operation and use time of the forklift, the more hours the forklift is used, the failure rate will rise day by day. The cost of its maintenance and parts replacement will continue to grow. In the end, the forklift may form an embarrassing situation of “it’s a pity to abandon it, but it’s too expensive to use it.”

4、 Select skilled maintenance personnel or service providers and ensure the quality of parts purchased to reduce the probability of failure. The high quality of forklift parts can reduce the delayed loss of forklift and reduce the labor cost of buying and replacing parts again. When purchasing essential forklift parts, some enterprises often buy the wrong parts or buy too many parts, the second is the quality, but the price is high. There is also the of maintenance personnel. Suppose the forklift maintenance technician or service provider does not have superior technology. In that case, it will be terrible if the forklift cannot be adequately handled in case of a fault, resulting in the shelving of the forklift. Therefore, selecting skilled maintenance personnel or service providers and ensuring the purchase quality of accessories are also vital measures to reduce the maintenance cost of a forklift. Many enterprises waste materials due to the secondary care caused by the poor skills of forklift maintenance technicians, which leads to the high maintenance cost of a forklift. Therefore, forklift equipment managers need to strengthen supervision in a series of links such as repair, maintenance, and parts procurement.

5、 Strengthen skill training for forklift drivers. If the forklift driver is not clear about its actual performance and working principle, it is likely to be one of the causes of forklift accidents. While reducing the forklift cost, we must strengthen the skill training of forklift drivers so that forklift drivers can understand and master the basic structure, performance, and working principles of the forklift. And can do the daily inspection of the forklift. The forklift driver is required to record each inspection result in detail. In this way, the everyday use and workload shall be recorded. To analyze the fault point of the forklift in the future and eliminate and repair the fault point accurately.

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