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Assessment Of The Role Of Efficient Materials Handling In A Manufacturing Firm
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1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Material Handling: this
embraces the movement handling and storage of everything within and
around an establishment, including raw materials, components and
supporting goods regardless of shape, size, form, nature or weight
Packaging
Methods: this is an aspect where suppliers should be instructed to pack
incoming goods in a convenient manner in such quantities that they may
be handled in store with the minimum effort.
Manual Handling: This is
the natural way of handling material by hand. The human hand is capable
of the almost indefinite variety of grips and postures.
Mechanical Handling: it covers the use of mechanical aid in the movement storage and handling of materials.
Economy of Movement: This is the actions of lifting the goods transporting them and laying them low again.
Lack of Space: This is the most common cause, especially in organizations that have developed and grows over a period of time.
Poor Design: Wrongly designed store house affects the activities in the stores and causes double handling of materials.
Lack
of Training: If the stores staffs are not properly trained on how to
handle materials, it will also lead to double handling of materials by
the staff concerned.
Fork Trucks: these are available in considerable
variety, both electric – powered and diesel powered as well as
un-powered. They are primarily used for moving goods on pallets.
Pull-Lifts: A land operated chain block at a fired point to lift heavy materials for loading on vehicles or machines.
Electric-Hoists: an electrically operated version of the pull-lift for basically the same purpose
Monorail:
a single overhead reail from which a pull-lift or electric hoist is
suspended on rollers, to allow loads to be moved to any point over which
the monorail passes.
Pumps: tankers are normally felted with pumps which enable them to discharge where ever required.
Conveyors:
Where a continuous flow of goods or materials is passing between tow or
more fixed points and the cost and utilization of space can adequately
be justified, a conveyor may be installed.
Slides and Chutes: They are used for movements of parcels and cartons.
Gravity
Roller Conveyors: May be applied where order picking and how are more
or less continuous and are concentrated into well defined bin area.
Uses
of Motor Transport: Delivery vehicles are used extensively, both within
large complexes and for collection and delivery of goods
Material
Damage: material damage can be a very expensive business and will
undoubtedly reduce the stock life of many materials in the stores.
Material
FLOW: Material flow has to be maintained if output and distribution are
to e maintained. Materials must be transported from the point of
storage to the point of production.
The Cost Factor: the cost factor
is vital in terms of operational cost, profit and overall or production
handling material in any organization is very expensive in terms of
material handling equipment, plant, time and labour.
Training of
Operator: to get the best services from any machine and to minimize
damage to equipment, buildings and materials, the drivers and others
concerned with the operation of any mechanical handling devices.
Overhead cranes: a power driven vehicles which is mounted in a fixed gentry running the whole length of the working area.
Fork
Lift Trucks: they are widely used and are available with an even wider
range filtering and adoptions pallet loads are of course intended for
folk lift movement and it is therefore an advantage if loads are
palletized.
Crannies: They also have a wide range of uses in loading
and unloading they are particularly useful where large and heavy loads
are involved.
Storehouse: When considering the employment of
mechanical handling. It is advisable to consider the best form of
storehouse that will suit any particular type of equipment.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The effective movement of materials is being seen as business in its own right materials heading is a feature of almost all the companies, although it has for many years been an unexplored area in recent time; this area has been many changes and which continues to change new equipment and machines are appearing in the market and most firm now operate complex system of efficient movement of materials. This research project is designed to open up some of the basic elements and aspects of the subje ... Continue reading---
