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   MATERIAL HANDLING CHECKLIST

               • Crowded operating conditions

             • Cluttered aisles

             • Cluttered docks

             • Poor housekeeping

             • Jam-ups in service departments

             • Backtracking in materials flow

             • Obstacles in materials flow

             • Manual loading and unloading

             • Manual handling of loads weighing more than 50 lbs.

             • Two-man lifting jobs

             • Excess tempory storage

             • Excess time spent retrieving stored goods

             • Unused building cube space

             • Excessive rehandling

             • Single piece handling instead of unit loads

             • Production delays

             • Idle equipment and machines

             • High damage rate

             • High demurrage charges

             • High indirect labor costs

             • Skilled employees waste time handling materials

             • Material handling equipment more than 10 years old

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             Taken from the MATERIAL HANDLING HANDBOOK, Second Edition,

             Copyright by John Wiley & Sons.