Material handling operation should be mechanized and / or automated where feasible to improve operational efficiency, increase responsiveness, improve consistency and predictability, decrease operation costs, and eliminate repetitive or potentially unsafe manual labor.
- In any project in which automation is being considered, pre-existing processes and methods should be simplified and/ or re-engineered before any efforts to install mechanized or automated system.
- Items that are expected to be handled automatically must have standard shapes and / or features that permit mechanized and /or automated handling.
- Computerized material handling systems should be considered where appropriate for effective integration of material flow and information management.
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