In the past forklifts were not as efficient and secure as it is now. Also there was only one type of standard forklift that used to carry weight around the warehouse with minimum efficiency but over the 60 years of forklift life period, much advancement were introduced to improve its design and to get the maximum out of it. Not only the design was improved but new types of forklift machine were also introduced such as Narrow aisle reach trucks, Very narrow aisle reach trucks along with order selectors and Turret trucks. 
Major design improvements over the past are given as below. Engineers came across the idea of developing a design that is used across the fire protection system. The major reason to develop this design was to reduce the use of in rack system of sprinklers. With the reduction if sprinkler it also improved the entire fire protection system.
The floors on which the forklifts in Australia machines operate hold great significance in their performance and speed. The floor must go with the machine operation in order to provide the smooth drive and high lift. The major requirement for such type of floor is that it should be flat. If a floor is not flat then the forklift performance is not guaranteed. The flatness of floor ensures that a lift is high.
At the beginning, the height to which the forklift could lift the load was very short and fixed. But now this problem is overcame by the introduction of variable height controller and increase in the height range to which the load can be lifted. For instance an 33 percent increase refers to the 300 to 400 inches
The improvement in the forklift is just the measure that how high can it lift the load and how much stability and speed it provides. Therefore, to overcome these issues, another generation that is being introduced in the market is known as Reach trucks. The height to which this Reach truck can lift the load is around 500 inches. This machine helps the warehouse industry to satisfy their new height requirement and increase their productivity. Over the past 50 years, not only the height target reached to 500 inches but the total throughput of the machines has also been enhanced.
For the improvement of any product, the feedback is very vital. This feedback comes from various sources. But the feedback coming from those people who are actually using the product is very vital and crucial. Therefore, the operators give regular feedback about the forklifts which help their manufactures to increase the efficiency of their product to satisfy their customers.