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CHAPTER 5 : MATERIALS HANDLING (Material Handling (Functions (Primary…
CHAPTER 5 : MATERIALS HANDLING
Material Handling
involves short-distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle
It utilizes a wide range of manual, semi-automated, and automated equipment and includes consideration of the protection, storage, and control of materials throughout their manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal
Functions
Primary
Inventory Arrangement and Control
Continual and effective flow and supply of materials
Alternately options or emergency supply systems can be deployed to ensure continuity in production lines. Fluctuations in both demand and productions capacity are the critical factors. To keep pace with changing demands and perceptions of consumer, the management needs to maintain continuity in productions and control the flow of materials supply and distributions at different productions facilities and other related departments in an organization.
Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
Material Quality Control
System Efficiency
Secondary
Standardization and Generalization
The term ‘standard’ encompass the alterations in sizes and variety, the quality and the exchangeability of components and products. Standard and generalization (or simplification) ensures proper utilization of materials and diminishes wastage.
Product Design and Development
The product sales can be boosted with its range and functionality. With the help of the advanced technology such as computer such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), the product can be designed different with a variety of options and yet a fast pace
Manufacturing and Purchase Decisions
The manufacturing and buying decisions can be largely influenced by material assessment, its availability, procurement, alternate material selection and inventory control functions, and are taken on the basis of the cost economics and cost-benefit analysis developed by the organization by use of existing and future production capacity of skills, labour and available machines in the factory
Material Coding and classification
One of the important functions of materials management, the material coding and classification provides support to the production and purchasing department of an organization
Logistic
logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations
The complexity of logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized, and optimized by dedicated simulation software. The minimization of the use of resources is a common motivation in all logistics fields. A professional working in the field of logistics management is called a logistician.
Objectives
“Making available (supply) of materials in specified quantity and quality at economic cost and maintaining the continuity of supply. Minimization of investments in materials and inventory costs, and assuring high inventory turnover.
Purchasing the items from a reliable source at economic price.Reduction of costs by using various cost reduction techniques such as variety reduction, standardization and simplification, value analysis, inventory control, purchase research etc.
A forklift (also called a lift truck, a fork truck, or a forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances
Advantages
These produce less noise pollution also
The best thing about electric forklifts is that they have zero emission, which causes safe and healthy environment. That is why these can be called the Green Forklifts.
Another huge advantage of such forklifts is that they have no fuel cost
Barking happens automatically in electric forklifts.
Disadvantages
The speed is slow.
The capability of lifting weight is lower than other forklifts.
The battery weight of the electric forklifts is more than 3,500 pounds which is a great disadvantage.
The capability of lifting weight is lower than other forklifts.