Materials Handling Handbook (Hardcover)

by David E. Mulcahy (Author) "This introductory chapter serves several purposes: (1) It identifies the key warehouse, plant product movement, and transporation functions; (2) it defines terms that are used..." (more)
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Product Description
Your hands-on guide to materials handling and product movement methods for today's competitive facilities

Dramatically improve the movement of materials in any warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing facility. This book will introduce you to the latest methods for designing, organizing, operating, and maintaining a state-of-the-art materials handling/product movement system. You'll learn about horizontal and vertical transportation techniques for items of all sizes, and get full details on inventory control...identification systems...cost estimates...site selection...product security...the use of consultants...and much more.

This essential logistics tool features:

• insights and tips from plant and warehouse pros that will make your materials handling operations more efficient and cost effective
• scores of illustrations, forms, and tables to assist you in developing product movement strategies that can be implemented immediately
• complete information on the requirements of manual, mechanized, and automated systems.

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Your hands-on guide to materials handling and product movement methods for today's competitive facilities. With your staff, let this book show you how to dramatically improve the movement of materials in any warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing facility. This book will introduce you to the latest methods for designing, organizing, operating, and maintaining a state-of-the-art materials handling/product movement system. You'll learn about horizontal and vertical transportation techniques for items of all sizes--and get full details on inventory control...identification systems...cost estimates...site selection...product security...the use of consultants...and much more. This essential logistics tool features: insights and tips from plant and warehouse pros that will make your materials handling operations more efficient and cost effective; scores of illustrations, forms, and tables to assist you in developing product movement strategies that can be implemented immediately; complete information on the requirements of manual, mechanized, and automated systems.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (September 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007044014X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070440142
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,669,571 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reference but too detailed for most readers., May 16, 2003

By	Dave Piasecki (Kenosha, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a valuable reference, however, I think it is probably too detailed for most readers. If you're a warehouse manager or plant manager looking for information on improving your material handling and storage areas you may not appreciate having to wade through enormous amounts of technical specs and references to obscure material handling techniques just to find the information you needed. I'm not saying that this book does not have valuable information, only that it also has enormous amounts of information that you probably don't need. If you're a material handling engineer, you may want to have this on your shelf. But for the rest of us, try the book listed below.

The same author has another book "Warehouse Distribution & Operations Handbook" ISBN 0070440026 that is outstanding, and I would recommend buying it first.