PACKAGED MATERIAL
HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Asim Zahid 2017-BT-MECH-751
Usman Nazir 2017-BT-MECH-764
Outcomes
■ Understand important of packaging that affects the cost of every
logistical activity.
■ Explain several reason of material handling that impact warehouse
productivity.
Managing Packaged Materials
■ Managing logistics must plan the best ways to load, offload move,
sort and select products.
■ Logistics personnel must work closely with engineers to design or
select packaging materials that facilitate materials handling.
Packaging Prospectives
■ Packaging is typically viewed as being either consumer, focused
primarily on marketing or industrial, focused on logistics.
■ Individual products or parts are typically grouped into cartons, bags,
bins, or barrels for damage protection and handling efficiency.
■ Containers used to group individual products are called master
cartons.
Packaging
■ Packaging protects the product and facilitate ease of handling in a
number of ways:
a) Create one large container out of several smaller units (known as
unitization)
eg: individual soft drinks are frequently packaged in six packs.
Packaging
b) Packages contain information about the products they contain
information transfer useful when sorting products and processing
orders.
eg: Automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID).
Packaging
c) Packaging concern is the relationship between the boxes size, order
quantity and retail display quantity (rigid / flexible containers).
■ The determination of final package design requires a great deal of
testing to assure that both marketing and logistics concerns are
satisfied.
Packaging
d) Product packaging in standard configuration and order quantities
facilitates logistical efficiency (package design).
■ eg: cube utilization can be improved through reduced package size
by concentrating products by eliminating air inside packages and by
shipping items unassembled.
Materials Handling
Principles of Material Handling:
■ Equipment for handling and storage should be as standardized
possible.
■ When in motion, the system should be designed to provide maximum
continuous product flow.
■ Investment should be in handling rather than stationary equipment.
■ Handling equipment should be utilized to the maximum extent
possible.
Materials Handling
■ Classification of Handling Systems:
Packaging & Materials Handling
Packaging and materials handling decisions affect value in many ways:
■ Material handling costs can be substantial, and improved labor and
equipment productivities can significantly improve profits.
■ Materials handling is usually the number one cause of product
damage and loss in logistics poor handling practices and improperly
packaged items lead to scratched, dented and broken products.
Packaging & Materials Handling
How packaging and materials handling affects cost and productivity of
logistics?
■ Inventory control depends upon the accuracy of manual and
automatic identification systems keyed by product packaging.
■ Handling cost depends upon unitization capability and techniques.
■ Transportation and storage cost and driven by package size and
density.
■ Customer service depends upon packaging to achieve quality control
during distribution.
