Material Handling Costing
In this module, students will use rules-of-thumb to provide an estimate of how much a material handling system will cost. Two competing material handling systems with different design philosophies and capabilities will be used to highlight how alternatives can be evaluated.
The goals of this module are: 1) to give some appreciation to the students with respect to how much material handling equipment costs; and 2) provide them with a framework for making decisions between competing material handling systems.
The module is based on material from the Design Plans and Ideas section of Modern Materials Handling, © 1996-2001 and Gross & Associates, "Rules of Thumb," © 1999 document.
This module consists of a 16 slide presentation and various supporting files. The links below allow you to download the PowerPoint files and supporting documents for presentation and viewing offline.
This module was developed by Dr. Russell D. Meller.