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Created to test speed, agility, and endurance, obstacle courses have a series of challenging physical barriers — such as walls, nets, ropes and mud pits — where individuals or teams navigate the terrain, often while timed. In a similar vein, lift truck operators are faced with navigating beverage operations with speed and agility, all while helping distribution run more efficiently.

Top battery manufacturers constantly are developing solutions to keep vehicles running, while minimizing any unforeseen downtime.   

As consumer preferences change, DSD operators need better tools to understand execution, quickly spot innovation trends, and communicate those to partners to support success in the market. 

As the trend toward premiumization in the beverage industry grows, water quality and efficiency are moving from operational details to strategic requirements.

When considering having on-site charging stations, there are a number of key factors that all-diesel delivery fleets hadn’t had to consider that can protect electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Processing automation is useful for beverage formulators to increase efficiency while also meeting consumer and beverage trends like fortification and natural sweeteners. 

Associations have highlighted the dearth of professional drivers, which is part of the reason fleets continue to integrate more light- and medium-duty vehicles that don’t require a CDL to operate.

As operations continue to experience labor challenges that impact their ability to hire and retain skilled workers, experts highlight that today’s facility managers are developing a deeper appreciation for a more diverse labor pool.

As automation implementation proliferates beverage warehouses, operations are turning to reusable packaging systems to support these complexities. 

The Environmental Protection Agency will move forward with the previous administration’s 2027 heavy-duty engine low NOx emission standards and implementation timeline. With this on the minds of fleet owners, engine-makers are developing platforms to meet the 2027 standard.