Equipments of In-Door Material Handling
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The Importance of Material Handling
• Material handling is the transportation , storage and protection of materials in production, distribution, consumption and disposal.
• In many cases, transpoertation is dominant.• The cost of material handling is 5 to 90
percent of the total cost
Example
• An American company produced small items.• The production uses labor on high level.• The production was transferred to the Carribian
area.• The company now imports, and stores the
products. It packs, and labels the products for the orders of the shops of large department store chains.
• Material handling cost is close to 90 percent.
Pallet
• EUR1 800 mm × 1,200 mm• EUR2 1,200 mm × 1,000 mm • EUR3 1,000 mm × 1,200 mm• EUR6 800 mm × 600 mm half EUR• 600 mm × 400 mm quarter of EUR• 400 mm × 300 mm one-eighth of EUR