What are the principles of material handling?

Elimination of unnecessary material handling:

Necessary movement and material handling should be avoided to increase the out put and lowering the cost of production.

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Scientific layout:

Scientific layout of the factory and plan should be followed to have minimum possible movement of material.

Standard method of material handling:

Standard method of material handling should be accepted as it results better utilization of equipments and results in cost reduction.

Flexibility of equipments:

While selecting material handling equipments, flexibility nature of the equipment should be taken into consideration. It results reduction of the cost of operation, maintenance and storage cost.

Storing of material:

Material should be arranged and stored in a proper manner so that they may easily be located and transported to the intending department. Bulky materials should be placed near the production department.