- Material handling work should be minimized without sacrificing productivity or the level of service required of the operation.
- The measure of material handling work in flow rate volume, right or count per unit of time multiplied by distance moved.
- Simplifying processes by reducing, combining, shortening or eliminating unnecessary moves which reduce work.
- Where possible, gravity should be used to move materials or to assist in their movement while respecting consideration of safety and the potential for product damage.
- The work principle is implemented best by appropriate layout planning, by locating the production equipment into a physical arrangement corresponding to the flow of work. This arrangement tends to minimize the distance that must be traveled by the materials being processed.
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