Materials Handling within an organization
- 2. Meaning Material handling is the combination of art and science of: • Moving • Storing • Protecting • Loading, • Unloading • controlling the material
- 3. • Material handling means providing the • ◦ • Right Amount • ◦ • of the Right Material • ◦ • in the Right condition • ◦ • at the Right place • ◦ • in the Right position • ◦ • in the Right sequence • ◦ • in the Right time • ◦ • for the Right price/cost • ◦ • by the Right method( Manual/ Automated /semi automated •
- 4. • In a typical manufacturing facility: • ◦ • 25% of the work force is used in material handling • ◦ • 55% of the factory floor is reserved for it • ◦ • 87% of the production time! • ◦ • It may represent 15% to 70% of the total cost generated in the company •
- 5. Where Material Handling takes Place • At Storage point • At Production Floor/shop floor • At Distribution/warehouse Point • At Transportation Point • At Delivery point
- 6. • Goals of material handling: • ◦ • Reduce unit costs of production • ◦ • Reduce damages, and provide for protection of materials • Promote increased use of facilities • Maintain or improve product quality, • ◦ • Promote safety and improve working conditions • ◦ • Promote productivity • ◦
- 7. Material Handling Planning Chart • WHERE • WHAT • WHEN • HOW
- 8. Material Handling systems classification • Manually ( Labour) • Mechanized( Machine) • • Semi-Automated • • Automated
- 9. MHE Stand, House, construction crane
- 11. crane truck
- 12. An image of a big yellow transporter and a man in front of a wheel
- 14. Heavy excavator loader at soil moving works
- 15. A yellow scissors lifting
- 17. MH Principles • Planning principle: All Material Handling Activities should be planned • Space utilization principle: Make optimum use of cubic space • Unit load principle: Increase quantity, size, weight of load handled Move a lot of items at a time rather to move each one of them individually” Gravity principle: Utilize gravity to move a material wherever practicable
- 18. • Simplification principle: Reduce combine or eliminate unnecessary movement and/or equipment • Safety principle:Provide for safe handling methods and equipment(Hazardous Materials/explosive materials • Mechanization principle:Use mechanical or automated material handling equipment. • Maintenance principle:Plan for preventive maintenance or scheduled repair of all handling equipment
- 19. • Capacity principle: Use handling equipment to help achieve its full capacity • Performance principle: Determine efficiency of handling performance in terms of cost per unit handled which is the primary criterion • Reduce or eliminate, long and complicated movements • Eliminate Rehandling • Move in a direct path and avoid back tracking • Use concept of economic order quantities and economic lot sizes. • Proper instructions and training for safe operation to the operators • Vehicles, conveyors, containers etc. should be loaded to full capacity
- 20. • There should be minimum number of handlings. • Manual handling should be eliminated. • Materials are assembled into a unit load for economy of handling and storage.