Goals of Material Handling

1. Maintain product quality, reduce damage and provide protection of materials.

2. Promote safety and improve working conditions.

3. Improve productivity through:

• Materials should move as short distance as possible
• Increase the size of materials handled
• Mechanize /Automate Material Handling
• Maintain/Improve material handling ratios
• Increase throughput by using automated material handling equipment

4. Promote increase use of facilities

• Increase cubic utilization
• Purchase versatile equipment
• Standardize material handling equipment
• Maintain, and replace as needed, all equipment and develop a preventive maintenance program
• Integrate all material handling equipment into a system

5. Reduce tare weight (describe the weight of packaging material).
6. Control inventory.

Material Handling Equipment