Jan # 2 - Material Handling Flashcards
What is materials handling?
An activity we design to ensure the on-time delivery of correct parts in exact quantities in the right sequence to desired locations at a minimised cost.
List 5 objectives of material handling, then list 5 general ways to help us achieve these goals.
Minimise costs and damage to materials while maximising product quality, safety, and productivity.
Achieved by: moving material in straight line, using gravity, moving more material at a time, mechanising material handling, and automating material handling.
What is the relationship between material handling activities and:
(1) Facility Layout Planning
(2) Material Management
(1) Changes/improvements in material handling normally changes our plant layout.
(2) Order size in purchasing, inventorty, lot size, and production scheduling, which all fall under material management, are impacted by material handling in some way.
List 6 types of material handling equipment/devices
Industrial trucks, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), monorails, conveyors, cranes, and hoists
The different types of material handling equipment can be broadly categorised by the quantity of material moved and the move distance. Place the following material handling alternatives on a graph of the above two variables: conveyors, AGV trains, manual handling, hand trucks, and powered trucks.
What equipment would generally be used in the Fixed Position, Process, and Product Layout types? Justify the types of equipment by describing the related characteristics of the above layout types.
What are the 12 principles of materials handling?
Planning, Systems, Simplification, Gravity, Space, Unit Load, Automation, Equipment Selection, Standardisation, Dead Weight, Maintenance, and Capacity Principles.
Define the following principles of material handling: unit load, standardisation, dead weight,
Unit Load: unit loads should be appropriately sized and configured at each stage of supply chain
Standardisation: standardise handling methods, and also sizes/types of equipment, to reduce costs
Dead Weight: reduce ratio of equipment weight to product weight, i.e. don’t buy equipment that is bigger than necessary
