Question

Plant maintenance and material handling definition in production management

Answer 1

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There is no hard and fast definition of materials handling, however attempts have been made to define this term. Materials handling is the science and art both involving the moving, packing and storing of substance in any form, and includes the preparation, placing and posi­tioning the material to facilitate their movement or storage.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Materials handling equipment is not production machinery, but is auxiliary equipment that improves the flow of material which in turn reduces stoppages in production machines and thus increases their production. Objectives of a proper materials handling system are: 1. Reduced costs, 2.