Material handling has four dimensions that affect efficient product flow through your warehouse.
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The four main categories of material handling equipment include storage, engineered systems, industrial trucks, and bulk material handling.
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Bulk handling materials equipment stores, controls and moves loose material in large quantities.
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When designing a material handling system, it is important to refer to best practices to ensure that all the equipment and processes—including manual, semi-automated and automated—in a facility work together as a unified, system. By analyzing the goals of the material handling process and aligning them to guidelines, such as the 10 Principles of Material Handling, a properly designed system will improve customer service, reduce inventory, shorten delivery time, and lower overall handling costs in manufacturing, distribution and transportation. These principles include:
Material handling systems and processes in a company are designed to improve customer service, reduce inventory and delivery times, as well as lower handling costs for manufacturing, distribution, or transportation.
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A variety of automated, semi-automated, and manual material handling technologies are available for the movement, protection and storage of materials and products during manufacturing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. These include:
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Heavy loads should be placed on the lower or middle shelves. Long, tall, or top-heavy items should be stored on their sides or secured to prevent tipping. To access materials in higher locations, place ladders on stable, level surfaces and use stair platforms. Properly lift materials.
Storage, engineered systems, industrial trucks, and bulk material handling are the four major categories of material handling equipment.
Planning Principles Include:
Principle of Planning: All material handling activities should be planned.
The systems principle states that handling activities should be integrated and coordinated.
The Simplification Principle... The Material Flow Principle... The Gravity Principle... The Unit Size Principle...
Principle of Space Utilization:... Principle of Safety: