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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

Guidelines & Principles

This page contains links to a variety of reference resources on material handling.

Worker Centric Warehouses: A Manifesto
Worker-Centric Warehousing (WCW) puts the worker at the center of the design and asks, “What should the warehouse look like?” The goal is not to throw cost and productivity out the window, but rather to discover, and in some cases simply to communicate what is already known about, attributes of the distribution workplace that are most satisfying and appealing to workers. The long-term vision is to transform warehouses in the distribution industry into great places to work.
 
Material Handling Taxonomy
Classifies material handling equipment (MHE) into five major categories. Figures and descriptions are provided for each type of equipment.
 
Equipment Guidelines
This document provides an overview of different types of material handling equipment. It contains typical operating specifications for the equipment and some general guidelines about possible application areas. It is intended as an introductory document that provides some basic information about different categories of material handling equipment.
 
10 Principles
This document describes the 10 principles of material handling. These principles provide guidelines to consider when designing material handling systems. The document provides a concise overview of best practices for handling system design.
 

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