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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

10 Principles

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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.

Key Benefits
  • List of important principles to consider
  • Discussion of important tradeoffs to consider
  • Insight into best practices of material handling

Related Resources

There is also a slide set that covers the principles and illustrates them "in action." Please refer to the MHI resource catalog for more information.