
84 • Logistics Management
• Productivity
• Product characteristics (weight, size, shape)
• Nature of the product (hazardous, perishable, crushable)
Recent trends show the preference for designers’ system with higher logistical productivity.
However, the investment cost goes up for such material handling system using sophisticated
equipments. Hence, in majority of the cases the usage of both manual and mechanized systems
in combination is quite common. Dos and dont’s of manual material handling are shown in
Figure 5.1.
Fig. 5.1 Dos and don’ts of material handling
5.3 MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
Material handling system is classifi