Operation Management: Materials Handling

TL;DR

Material handling involves the movement, handling, and storage of materials during manufacturing, with the objective of minimizing costs and increasing productivity.

Transcript

hello everybody and welcome to this session today we are going to under materials and ring there are some specific topics that we go through starting from objectives principle how to select material handling equipment and when to design material handling when we require material handling material handling involves the movement handling storage of m... Read More

Key Insights

• 🇨🇷 Material handling involves the movement, handling, and storage of materials during manufacturing to minimize costs and increase productivity.
• ❓ Effective material handling can minimize delays, increase productive capacity, and prevent damage to materials.
• 👶 The design of material handling is required for new product demands, changing product designs, obsolescence of facilities, frequent accidents, and the adoption of new safety standards.
• 👾 Principles of material handling focus on space utilization, unit load, gravity utilization, simplification, safety, and flexibility.
• 🧑‍🏭 Factors such as properties of materials, cost considerations, movement of materials, and methods of handling affect the selection of material handling equipment.
• ❓ Material handling equipment can be classified into fixed path equipment and variable path equipment.
• 🇨🇷 Effective material handling can reduce costs and production cycle time, while poor material handling can result in delays and increased costs.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is material handling?

Material handling involves the movement, handling, and storage of materials during manufacturing, with the objective of minimizing costs and increasing productivity.

Q: What are the objectives of material handling?

The objectives of material handling are to minimize material handling costs, minimize delays and interruptions, increase productive capacity, and maximize utilization of material handling equipment. It also focuses on the prevention of damage to materials and the reduction of investment in process inventory.

Q: When is the design of material handling required?

The design of material handling is required when there is a new product demand, changing product design, obsolescence of facilities, frequent accidents, or the adoption of new safety standards.

Q: What are the principles of material handling?

The principles of material handling include space utilization, unit load principle, gravity principle, simplification principle, safety principle, and flexibility principle. These principles emphasize maximizing space utilization, utilizing full capacity of equipment, utilizing gravity whenever possible, reducing unnecessary movement, providing safety measures, and ensuring flexibility for changing tasks and applications.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Material handling involves the movement, handling, and storage of materials during different stages of manufacturing at the lowest possible cost.

• It applies to the movement of raw materials, parts in progress, finished goods, packaging materials, and disposal of scraps.

• Effective material handling can reduce costs and production cycle time, while poor material handling can lead to delays and increased costs.