Logistics material handling

1. Logistics Management
(Part of ORL)
BBA (Semester 4)
Faculty : Ravi Kumar Singh, International School of management Patna
Lecture-14 : Material Handling

2. Lecture-14 : Material Handling
● Learning Objectives:
○ Meaning of Material Handling
○ To understand the role of material handling in logistics.
○ To understand types of material handling systems and their features.
○ To understand selection criteria for material handling systems and
equipments.
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3. Meaning Material Handling
Material Handling means movement of materials
from one place to another and / or movement in
direction at a same place.
Materials are required to be moved during
Manufacturing, finishing, printing, labeling,
packaging, loading, unloading, storing, stacking,
retrieving etc

4. Objectives of Material Handling Operations
a) To decrease the order fulfilling time
b) To protect the goods from breakages and damages during
movement.
c) To facilitate uninterrupted production and distribution schedules
d) To provide safety to workers
e) To improve the overall efficiency in operations

5. Classification of Material handling Systems
I. Manual Material Handling System
II. Mechanised Material Handling System
III. Semiautomatic Material Handling System
IV. Automatic Material Handling System

6. Manual Material Handling Equipments
They are suitable for situations where weights are small, distance
is shorter, available space is limited or it is not economically
viable to use motorised or engine powered equipments
.
Ex: Hand pallet Truck, Hand Trolley, Stacker etc

7. Mechanised Material Handling Equipments

8. Semiautomatic Material Handling System
1. Automated Guided Vehicle System:
2. Automated sortation devices are used in
combination with conveyers.
3. Task specific robots

9. Material Handling Decision Considerations
1) Type & Nature of Product to be Handled
2) Type of Production System:
3) Type of Building and No of floors
4) Volume to be Handled
5) Speed of Handling
6) Material Handling Cost