Audit Tool
The Material Handling Audit Tool provides a comprehensive
audit of material handling in a facility. The MH Audit tool
takes the user through a series of questions related to
material handling system implementation and effectiveness to
help users determine what material handling functions represent
the greatest areas of opportunity for improvement. These
questions are divided into two broad categories - material
handling functions and aspects of material handling
systems.
Five material handling functions are considered: Receiving,
Shipping, Storage of Raw Materials, Storage of Finished Goods,
and General Process Functions. Five aspects of material
handling systems are considered: Equipment, Space, Material,
People, and Information. The five material handling functions
and the five aspects of material handling systems are arrayed
in a five by five matrix as shown in the figure
below:
The user can then select all or a subset of the cells within
the matrix to audit. After choosing which areas to audit, the
Audit tool will provide the user with questions related to the
selected cells. The Audit tool notes the user's answers to
these questions and creates an evaluation report that indicates
which aspects of the material handling system should be
investigated for possible improvements and efficiency
gains.
The MH Audit tool is now available for downloading in either
a PC or Pocket PC version. Please follow the instructions below
to install the tool on your system.
Instructions for PC Version
Important steps to follow to download and install
version 4f of the MH Audit tool:
NOTE! User comment reports require
Microsoft Access to be installed. The MH Audit software has
only been tested on Microsoft Windows XP. It may run on a MAC
using MS Windows Emulator.
1) If you have installed the Material Handling Audit tool
before, please uninstall it.
2) Download the file by either a) clicking on the
"
Download the MH Audit Software" link and choosing the Save
option or b) right-clicking on the
"
Download the MH Audit Software" link and select the "Save
Target As" option.
3) Go to the folder where you saved the file and
double-click on the file "Audit_SETUP_Ver4f", the files should
then be unzipped into a temporary folder of your choice.
4) Go to the temporary folder you chose and run the file
setup.exe. If you experience any error messages during
installation, you should be able to safely ignore them.
Changes that were made to the MH Audit Tool in Version
4f only included some minor bug fixes.