Material Handling

 

Material handling is just as important as anything during facility planning. The costs of improper planning can lead to loss of efficiency and productivity which in turn increases the costs and drives down profitability. From an efficient material handling system, a lot of value could be added to the routine and regular activities. Besides, the main aim of the material handling system designer must be to reduce the total cost of material handling without putting any impact on service level and productivity. If the order picking operations are improved, travelling time and time spent on filling orders reduced, space utilisation is done by improving storage methods a lot of material cost can come down. For any facility, material handling is of critical importance as it is nothing short of an opportunity to save more costs. Having said that, it is important that material handling should be done during the planning of the facility.