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AI-powered insights for safer material handling operations

Delivering safety, compliance, and performance improvements through data-driven insights and real-time visibility of every vehicle and operator
Material Handling IoT
Where Safety, Efficiency, and Compliance Meet

Reimagining material handling operations with AI-driven intelligence

Material handling environments deal with increasing challenges every day, including labor shortages, safety risks, compliance requirements, and unexpected downtime.

Powerfleet’s In-Warehouse IoT solutions provides real-time visibility and operational intelligence, enabling you to respond quickly, operate safely, and scale effectively across different sites, shifts, and assets.


Purpose-Built for Material Handling Operations

AI-powered solutions that drive safety, compliance, and performance

Forklift Gateway (VAC)

Forklift Gateway (VAC)

Automated, and wireless tracking and control for industrial vehicles and operators, that can seamlessly integrate with forklifts as a key part of your fleet intelligence system. Forklift Gateway helps enforce safety protocols, monitor operator activities, and track vehicle health in real-time, enabling safer, smarter, and more accountable operations.

Industrial truck fleet and operator management

  • Supports driver authentication via nearly all wireless access control ID types and keypads
  • Enforce configurable, multilingual electronic pre-use safety checklists
  • Establish a connection with machine-learning impact sensors to detect and report damage
  • Continuously monitor performance data to inform proactive maintenance and compliance
  • Seamlessly integrate with optional external sensors including DVR, GPS, load and speed sensors, as well as Pedestrian Proximity Detection
  • Seamlessly integrate with Unity, Powerfleet’s data platform, for centralized intelligence and reporting
Pedestrian Proximity Detection

Pedestrian Proximity Detection

An AI-enabled vision system that detects pedestrians and industrial vehicles in the path of travel—no wearables or special apparel required. It alerts operators with visual and audible warnings in real-time, helping prevent collisions and reduce liability, while capturing event data for reporting and coaching via Unity.

AI-enabled vision system for pedestrian and vehicle safety warning

  • Uses automatic object detection—no special apparel or wearable tags needed
  • Detect people and vehicles based on proximity and direction of travel
  • Provide up to five configurable alert zones with escalating severity levels
  • Deliver visual and audible risk notifications to operators in real time
  • Capture event details including breach location, time, and operator identity
  • Integrates with Unity, our SaaS-based AIoT platform for analysis, mapping, and safety insights
Speed Manager

Speed Manager

Speed Manager is an onboard device that automatically reduces forklift speed in response to safety-related events like impacts, pedestrian detection, or inspection failures. Acting as a smart throttle override, it helps prevent collisions, supports compliance, and improves safety—without affecting lifting performance or hydraulic operations.

Event-based, automatic Forklift speed control

  • Reduce speed based on events like impacts, pedestrian detection, or safety checklist failures
  • Receive inputs from the Forklift Gateway and connected sensors, including pedestrian detection
  • Allows managers to configure two throttle speed levels for different operating zones
  • Control vehicle speed in both forward and reverse directions
  • Designed for forklifts with electronically controlled (fly-by-wire) throttles
  • Maintains normal hydraulic lifting functions without affecting performance
Digital Video Recorder

Digital Video Recorder

Powerfleet’s Digital Video Recorder captures critical video clips based on safety-related events like impacts, speeding, or policy violations. With continuous recording and up to four connected cameras, it enables rapid incident investigation, supports driver coaching, and helps reduce liability – whether you’re operating online or fully offline.

Looping DVR with event-triggered video clips

  • Record event-triggered video clips for impacts, speeding, or unsafe behaviors
  • Supports continuous looping and on-demand playback with wired remote
  • Store up to 100 hours of footage via secure SD card (128GB max)
  • Connect up to four cameras, including high-quality night vision with IR
  • Operate offline or integrates with Unity for remote access and reporting
  • Encrypted access and IP69K-rated cameras protect footage in harsh conditions
Forklift Scales

Forklift Scales

Prevent overloads, optimize logistics, and improve accuracy with on-board hydraulic weighing scales. Designed for tough material-handling environments, these scales support real-time weight tracking and help ensure compliance, reduce costly errors, and boost inventory precision across your forklift fleet.

On-board forklift hydraulic weighing scales

  • Display load weight with waterproof LCD screen
  • Prevent overloads and improves shipment weight accuracy
  • Speed up operations with real-time onboard weighing
  • Confirms lift truck capacity is not exceeded
  • Supports Wi-Fi, printer, USB, and SD card
  • Works in harsh environments
  • Compatible with most forklift models
Forklift Safety Lights

Forklift Safety Lights

Increase workplace safety and avoid accidents with warning lights that project visible alerts around industrial vehicles and cranes. These easy-to-install lights increase visibility in noisy environments, reduce risk to pedestrians, and improve operational safety across your facility.

Pedestrian and vehicle safety warning lights and spotlight for forklifts and overhead cranes

  • Create a bright LED safety zone around forklifts and other equipment
  • Easily installs on forklifts, cranes, and tow tractors
  • Available in red or blue for high visibility
  • Adjustable bracket for flexible light placement
  • Maxi model delivers extra brightness and range
  • Also used for crane operator positioning and awareness

Products that power smarter material handling operations

Our products integrate with Unity, Powerfleet’s SaaS-based AIoT platform to unlock insights, boost performance, and enhance safety across forklifts and material handling operations in manufacturing and warehousing environments.
Solving Challenges Together

Data-powered applications

Safety

Safety

Enhance pedestrian safety with real-time alerts for operators regarding proximity and danger zones. Automate access control and safety checklists to reduce accidents, ensure accountability, and minimize liability related to Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIVs).

Compliance

Compliance

Streamline safety checklists and training verification while preserving audit trails. Ensure compliance with OSHA and global safety regulations using real-time driver data and event-based recordkeeping.
Operations

Operations

Gain a clear perspective on asset location and usage across manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution settings—eliminating wasted time and resources. Reduce equipment damage and inventory loss while ensuring accountability and preventing misuse.
Sustainability

Sustainability

Reduce unexpected downtime and expenses by tracking real-time vehicle usage. Prolong equipment life through proactive maintenance alerts and health diagnostics, minimizing waste and maximizing uptime.
One Unified View for Better Decisions

Unify every asset, vehicle, and person in a single pane of glass

Powerfleet’s Unity platform ingests and harmonizes data from any IoT device and sensor, OEMs, or third-party applications, providing real-time visibility across your entire operation. By unifying intelligence into a single interface, you eliminate blind spots, improve efficiency, reduce risk, and stay compliant, sustainable, and competitive—all supported by AI-driven insights.
Our Reach

Trusted by industry leaders

"Powerfleet’s solution delivered not only the optimized safety and census benefits, but also significant incremental productivity improvements, above and beyond what our lift IDs were providing."

Executive Manager
Walmart

"Since deploying Powerfleet’s in-warehouse solution, we’ve seen a marked improvement in safety compliance and equipment utilization. The data has helped us proactively address operator behavior, avoid critical events, and reduce downtime.”

Operations Manager 
Kautex

“Since operators are now accountable for their vehicles with Powerfleet, there is heightened awareness, and drivers are more careful of their surroundings. Continental Tire has forecasted a 33% improvement in vehicle-related damage in just the warehouse alone.”

Fleet Manager
Continental Tire

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