What is Material handling

Material handling is an art and science involves the moment packaging and storing of product in -

any shape and for material handling is concerned with the following elements .

• Movement

Material handling involves movement of material manually in batches for one by one within the plant

if may be horizontal vertical or combine of two.

• Time

Material must arrive at its place at the right time it is to be insured that no production process is

discharge due to late arrival of material 

• Quantity material 

Material handling must ensure that each location continually receive the right quantity of materials

parts raw material semi finished process at Quantity materiel.

• Space
  
  
  

Space requirements are influenced by the material handling flow pattern proper space is

required for storage of half ticket 

Material handling cost material handling cost

Material handling cost material handling cost is consist of these elements

1 cost of handling

 2 cost of transportation

3 cost of packaging

4 Cast of Space 

Industry material handling is of three types 

1.  first one is is handling of of in divided parts or units
   
   
2. Tu To handling in room department or plant 
   
   
3. Handling of material during the entire process of production and
   
   
4. distribution straight from the raw material 
5. material handling is concerned with two movement of materials every moment
   
   
6. has picking up the load transportation of the load setting the lowdown

Causes of high material handling cost

There are some causes of high material handling cost which causes to exceed the cost of

the material handling and protect which are given below

1 ignorance of cost

2 to poor plant layout  

3   poor store layout

4 excessive manual efforts 

It is to be noted that the movement of material ads to the cast of the product it is therefore important .

first to reduce the need for the handling of material and second to reduce the cost for that handling which is is inevitable .

Any material handling problem must start with the layout of the factory and department minimum distance in all movements

second is concerned with the design of product which should be such that during the various stages of manufacturer

no unnecessary material is transported it means that the most economical is that which requires

the least material to be removed it is often said that the best material handling is no material handling