...1. Introduction Forklift- also called lift trucks, tow motors and powered industrial trucks----are among the most common pieces of equipment in the workplace industry. Yet this machinery can also be a DANGEROUS---there are numerous forklift-related injuries each year, a number of them resulting in fatalities. On one hand, forklifts have the power to lift and move the heaviest objects. On the other hand, all that power comes with the potential for serious damage. The more you know about how forklifts operate, the better equipped you’ll be to stay safe and to keep those around your safe. Regardless of whether you’re a new operator or have years of experience, it’s up to you to follow safety practices and a basic set of rules every time you use a forklift. Starting with: Never operate a forklift unless you’re trained and authorized to do so. 2. Forklift Basics Types of forklifts There are many classes and types of forklifts, from the commons sit-down type to the narrow aisle stand-up; and from order pickers to powered pallet jacks. They may be powered by electricity, LP gas, diesel fuel or gasoline. Some are approved for use in certain hazardous conditions. There’s a forklift for just about any job……. In fact, forklifts can be grouped into the following classifications: * Class 1- Electric motor, sit-down rider, counterbalanced trucks ( solid or pneumatic tires) * Class 2- Electric motor, narrow aisle trucks (solid tires) * Class 3-Electric motor...
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...Problem 1 (a) Why is the receiving staff in a typical warehouse much smaller than the staff of order-pickers? The receiving staff in a typical warehouse is much smaller than the staff of order pickers because restockers move larger quantities of SKUs, so a few receivers can keep many pickers supplied. A rule of thumb is that there should be one receiver for every five order pickers. Receivers usually handle products in larger units and order pickers handle products in smaller units. Order picking is significantly more labor intensive and resistant to automation. (b) Explain the difference between popularity and demand. Demand is considered the forecasted frequency of SKUs and popularity are the A items that have a high frequency and are picked and packaged often. For example, a Christmas related SKU will have a high demand during the holiday season but is certainly not popular other seasons. (c) What is “batch picking” ? Give a pro and a con of batch picking. Batch picking is when each worker retrieves many orders in one trip. An advantage of batch picking is that it is a way to increase the pick density. However, a disadvantage is that it requires that the items be sorted into orders while picking or somewhere else downstream. If they are sorted into orders during picking, pickers are slowed down because they must carry a container for each order and they must sort the items as they pick, which leads to time being wasted and can result in errors. If the...
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...Title: Forklift Operator Classification: Grade 2 Location: Work site Reports To: FIELD SUPERVISOR ------------------------------------------------- JOB SUMMARY: Forklift Operators will move heavy materials from one point to another at a job site. They might work in a warehouse moving heavy pallets of materials, or they might have a job of moving the supplies on a work site (such as window frames in a bulk order, installation parts and the other tools that may be required). In some instances, the forklift operator may operate other powered industrial trucks, such as a scissor lift truck. This entry-level position gives the employee the skills to move into other, higher-paid jobs as a material moving machine operator. ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: * Load and unload products from trailers using forklift trucks and other material handling equipment. * Store the products properly in the warehouse. * Transport products to and from warehouse, worksite and distribution centers. * Deliver units and products to various units in safely and timely manner. * Sort, pack, wrap, tie and label products as per company procedures. * Weigh products and record weight and other data in product labels. * Monitor and maintain accurate inventory. * Clean work area (worksite, warehouse, distribution center, equipments) KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS REQUIRED: * The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that anyone who operates a forklift or any...
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...Warehousing plays a vital part in a logistics system. In the past, we always thought that warehouse is used for storage of inventories. In today’s quick response, the growth of warehouse not only serves for storage, but also for movement, information transfer and valued added services. A good warehouse space and layout planning is a primary element for efficient warehouse. Tompkins and Harmelink (2004, p.240) state the purposes of warehouse layout are space usage efficiency; allowing for efficient material handling; cost efficiency; maximum flexibility and good housekeeping. Successful warehouse layout could maximize space utilization, minimize and control movement and location, and provide safety and security environment. The first step in warehouse layout planning is to consider the space requirement. Tompkins et al. (1996, p.430) state space conservation, space limitations, accessibility and orderliness are some factors on designing layout. In layout planning, as space will be limited by floor loads, truss, the height of ceiling, etc, it should be maximized utilization of concentration and cube and also minimized honeycombing. To optimize space utilization, it is not only developed by horizontally but also by vertically. Space concentration and cube utilization can benefit for the flexibility and ability for bulky receipts such as higher and thicker materials. Tompkins and Smiths (1998, p.243) describe honeycombing is storage space losing due to improper use of storage capacity...
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...Operations Management Materials Handling Equipments INDEX Sr. No. | CONTENT | PAGE NO. | 1 | Introduction | 3 | 2 | Objectives / Roles | 5 | 3 | Types of Material Handling Equipment | 6 | 4 | Material Handling Principles | 9 | 5 | Scope of Material handling | 10 | 6 | Importance of Materials Handling | 12 | 7 | Conveyor system | 13 | 8 | Cranes | 17 | 9 | Elevators | 20 | 10 | Industrial Trucks | 26 | 11 | Robotics | 28 | 12 | Live Racks | 32 | 13 | Role of material handling in supply chain | 35 | 14 | New generation material handling system | 36 | 15 | Summary | 38 | Introduction: Material handling refers to efficient short-distance movement of goods that usually takes place within the confines of a building such as a plant or a warehouse or between a building and a transportation agency. Material Handling is the field concerned with solving the pragmatic problems involving the movement, storage, control and protection of materials, goods and products throughout the processes of cleaning, preparation, manufacturing, distribution, consumption and disposal of all related materials, goods and their packaging. The material handling industry manufactures and distributes the equipment and services required to implement material handling systems, from obtaining, locally processing and shipping raw materials to utilization of industrial feedstocks in industrial manufacturing processes. Material handling systems range from simple pallet...
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...Joseph M. Clark 28 Appalachian trail rd Gardners, PA 17324 Phone:717-458-2067 Cell:717-778-7286 Email:joeclark6@gmail.com Experience: Self Employed-Carlisle, PA 06/01/2006-Present Handyman Carpentry, vinyl floors, lite electrical, lite plumbing, wood working, mechanical, lawn and garden work, ect..... Keysonte Pool, Inc-Carlisle, PA 06/03/2007-08/16/2008 construction Build vinyl pools with equipment such as shovels, bob cats, depth monitors, picks, build pools using drills, ground rods, and cleaning pools. Excel-Carlisle, PA 08/17/2006-11/16/2006 Forklift operator/picker I pick and stack cases, then drag to a location, driving a pallet jack, sit down forklift, and standup forklift. Farmers Market- Carlisle, PA 08/01/2005-01/01/2006 Cook/Dishwasher Short order cook, prep, use the grill, flat grill, fryers, cold table, hot table, clean up using dish washer, 3 sink stacking, mopping. Holly Inn- Mount holly springs, PA 12/01/2004-06/01/2005 12/01/2001-12/01/2002 Cook I opened the restaurant, started prep work for lunch and dinner (carving vegetables, using automatic slicer, and knives, washing food, and prepping soups, ran lunch line, preparing food and taking orders. I used a flat grill, fryer, broiler, steamer, convection ovens and cold/hot table, then clean up form the day. Safe Harbour- Carlisle, PA 12/04/2002-11/01/2003 Executive Assistant Office work using the copier, fax, multi-line phone system, computer. Using...
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...verified. Centre Name | Dove Nest Group | Centre Number | 042814 | Learner Name | | Unit Covered in this Submission | 502 – Making A Financial Case | Date Submitted | | Statement of confirmation of authenticity By the act of making this submission, the learner certifies that this is the work of the learner named above. The work has not, in whole or in part, been knowingly presented elsewhere for assessment, or where assessment has been built on a previous assessment, this has been identified. Where materials have been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged. If this statement is untrue, the learner acknowledges that an assessment offence has been committed. Attention is drawn to the plagiarism and cheating policies of both the centre and of ILM. Plagiarism can result in a learner being withdrawn from a qualification. | Permission for ILM to use this script ILM uses learners’ submissions – on an anonymous basis – for assessment standardisation. By submitting, both the centre and the learner agree that ILM may use this script on condition that identifying information is removed. However, if you are unwilling to allow ILM use this script, please refuse by ticking the box: □ | TASKThe purpose of this unit is to develop understanding and ability to be able to make a financial case as required by a practising or potential middle manager.noteAn ILM Assessment Task provides an opportunity to relate your learning directly to your current organisation...
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...Bettley-3283-02.qxd 6/6/2005 5:06 PM Page 10 2 Operations-based Strategy Robert H. Hayes and David M. Upton Strategic planning tends to be thought of as a high-level game of chess: a ‘grand plan’ is formulated in the executive suite, and then the implementation of the different moves (the ‘easy part’ of the job) is down loaded to the operations organization. However, the world of strategy from the perspective of operations is usually much messier. The ‘strategy’ is seldom evident until after its implementation is well along. Instead, people throughout the organization are continually identifying opportunities, developing new knowledge and capabilities, and testing out their ideas. Initiatives are undertaken, changed in midcourse as new information becomes available and better ideas surface, and sometimes abandoned so that energy can be focused on a different approach. The battle is won not in the boardroom but in the laboratories, on factory floors, at service counters, and in computer rooms. Operations’ role is larger than just that of implementer of strategy; it is the foundation for – indeed, the driver behind – successful strategic attacks and defenses. The important implication for company leaders: companies that fail to exploit fully the strategic power of operations will be both hampered in their own attacks and vulnerable to those of competitors that do exploit this power. Nowhere is this clearer than in cases where large companies that have established...
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...Assignment On HRM case study Subject: Human Resource Management Course Code: MGT3125 Submitted To: Farhana Habib Zinnia Lecturer of Southeast University. Submitted By: Md. Neaj Mahmud Sajal ID No: 2012010000055 Md. Hasan ID No: 2012010000032 Al Maruf ID No: 2012010000056 Md. Mahabub Hasan ID No:2012010000058 Md. Nayeem Kawsar ID No: 2012010000059 Md. Zakaria Islam Piash ID No:2012010000486 Department of BBA Batch: 30th Section-B Submission Date: 11-01-2014 THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AT TVH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In performing our assignment, it's a successful one we had to take the help and guideline of you. First of all we are grateful to Allah who gives us sound mind & sound health to accomplish our assignment. The completion of the assignment gives us much Pleasure. We would like to thank our gratitude Farhana Habib Zinnia, Southeast University, Bangladesh for giving us a good guideline for assignment. We would like to thank School of Business Studies , Southeast University for updated education system in Bangladesh . Lastly we would like to deliver our whole hearted thanks to all the BBA,. Actually it was not possible for us to complete a severe task without such help. So we pray the long life and good health for all...
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...Application case The Mentorship program at TVH Group Thermote & Vanhalst (TVH) is a global organization that specializes in constructing and repairing forklift trucks. The organization’s expansion presents Paul Sanders, HR director at TVH, with a tough problem: TVH doesn’t have system to capture, store, and leverage employees’ knowledge. There is a massive inflow of young people who lack technical know-how, and specialized knowledge is lost when older employees leave the company. In order to deal with this problem, Paul Sanders introduced a mentorship program. This program helps older employees transmit their knowledge and know-how to younger employees. Paul realizes that the transition to the mentoring system has not gone smoothly when he gets a letter from Freddy Jacobs, One of his most respected employees. Freddy challenges him with the following: “Lately we are doing nothing but explaining work process to the young guys. Our own work has to be put aside, and why? Moreover, the young guy at prepacking has never seen a forklift truck in his life, but he started oof in charge of three older people. We have worked together successfully for than 30 years, and I hope that you will deal correctly with this situation.” After Paul finished reading the letter, he frowned. Experiencing workers were putting a lot of effort into teaching newcomers the tricks of the trade, but the older workers were now becoming upset because of the career opportunities given to the newcomers....
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...Business Background Voltas Material Handling Voltas Material Handling Private Ltd. (VMH) is one of the leading manufacturers of material handling equipment in India. The product range includes diesel forklift trucks, electric forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. The company has over 15 branches and 60 dealerships across India providing strong network for sales & service. The forklift division of erstwhile Voltas Limited produced its first forklift truck in 1967. VMH was founded jointly by the KION Group AG and Voltas Limited in May 2011. Since November 2012, the KION Group AG, a German multinational-manufacturer of material handling equipment has taken sole ownership of the company. With more than 21,000 employees, brands such as - Linde, STILL, Fenwick, OM, Baoli, Voltas in their portfolio and representation in more than 100 countries, KION Group is the European market leader in material handling solutions and is one of the largest firms in the material handling sector across the globe. Demand in the Indian material handling market is expected to grow rapidly in the course of the country’s dynamic industrialization and shift towards organized material handling solutions. The Indian material handling market is mostly unorganized with only 10% coming under the organized sector. VMH is building on its leading position in India and aims to become the market leader, with complete range of machines under diesel (Internal Combustion), electric and warehousing product segments...
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...MARCUS GOOD 2503 Transit Drive, Killeen, Tx 76543 Cell: 469-632-2286 marcusgood26@yahoo.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Experienced Logistic professional with excellent ability in Customer Service quality goals and positively impacting organizational performance. Experienced in managing groups, setting goals, providing directives and overseeing plan of action. SKILLS Advanced communication skills Highly Motivated Self-starter Leadership Skills Forklift Pallet Operator Administrative Skills Customer Service Inventory Skills Report and Documenting Skills WORK HISTORY Role Player (C.O.B) Joint Military Development Services - Fort Hood, TX As C.O.B March 2002 to May 2004 January 2009 to June 2012 88H - Cargo Specialist United States Army - Fort Hood, TX Unloaded and loaded transport trucks. Built orders using an electric forklift and pallet jack. Operated and maintained Material Handling Equipment such as the 40-Ton Crane, Kalmar Container Handler, 10K All Terrain Lifter Army System(ATLAS), 6K Forklifts, 4K Forklifts, the M1120 HEMTT Load Handling System truck and the M915 Tractor-Trailer Truck. This assisted in the delivery of over 2,000 pieces of equipment and vehicles to military and civilian personnel on the various Forward Operating Bases (FOB) throughout Afghanistan. Worked in the Centralized Receiving and Shipping Point (CRSP) in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). Inbounded and out bounded over 4,000 pieces of equipment including tactical and non-tactical...
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...* The minimum aisle width needed for a standard forklift to operate is 11 feet width. The minimum for a narrow- aisle forklift is 8 to 10 feet width. http://www.ehow.com/facts_7686721_forklift-aisle-width-standards.html * The average 4 wheel forklift is 20,000 to 25,000 depending on the brand. A narrow aisle forklift average cost is between 20,000 to 28,000. The average cost for a deep-reach forklift is 20,000 to 30,000. http://www.warehouseiq.com/average-price-of-a-forklift/ http://www.forthebiz.com/equipment/forklifts/narrow-aisle-forklifts.htmlhttp://www.ebay.com/bhp/reach-forklift * A deep reach aisle forklift will be more expensive. Companies will buy this more because its more efficient and you can work outside and inside. Also it works better because you can haul more than then the others at one time. * I will use narrow-aisle forklift rather than a deep reach aisle forklift. I will rather use that because its not as expensive and its still efficient. Also I will pick the narrow-aisle forklift because its easier to maneuver and its smaller. 1) Block(floor) stacking- is a storage which is uses no formal racking. Soda and bottle water can be used for block(floor) stacking 2) Flow through rack- allows boxes, totes, or pallets to move forward on gravity rollers from the rear of the rack to the front of the rack. Toilet paper and tooth paste can be stored on a flow through rack because you can put them in pallets or boxes. 3) Push back racks-...
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...evaluate a company TVH which started a training program that is Mentorship program but face some problem because they didn’t provide the training in a systematic way. Sometimes company face many problem for the new employee’s activities because they are not well experienced before working into a company. Then Mentorship program plays an important role to develop the employees’ knowledge if they provide proper training program. That’s why the result shows that the young people can’t take the lesson easily for their lacking of their instrumental knowledge of the company. And we are trying to solve these problems. Introduction: TVH is Group Thermote & Vanhalst which is a global organization that specializes in constructing and repairing forklift trucks. Paul Sanders who is the HR director at TVH. He realizes that young persons of the company have some problem and the company didn’t capture, store and measure employee’s knowledge. So he provides a Mentorship program for developing the employees...
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...By: ABBAS SAID Forklift FUNCTION: The forklifts function is to lift items that are too heavy or big to be lifted manually. These items usually need to be transported from one place to another. COST: There are different types of forklifts and it all depends on the brand and the capacity that the forklift can hold. Usually it’s about $20,000 - $40,000 but the max could be around $150,000. CAPACITY: A forklift has a capacity of usually one and fife tons and larger machines could lift fifty tons. In many countries forklift operators must be trained and certified to operate a forklift. Forklifts were around for nearly 100 years. The forklift was invented in 1917 by the Clark Company. Now I will share some advantages and disadvantages of an electrical forklift. ADVANTAGES * Produce less noise and pollution * No fuel costs * The batteries are changeable and rechargeable * Have a large life cycle * Repairing is easy and does not cost a lot * Is used indoors DISADVANTAGES * Too expensive to buy or rent * Recommended not to use until fully charged and this will take a long period of time * Speed is slow * The capacity of lifting weight is lower * Only usable indoor * You can’t handle until fully trained There are eight classes of forklifts. Class 1 forklifts are electric-motor rider trucks, either stand-up operator or seated three-wheel units. Class 2 forklifts are electric-motor trucks for narrow aisle or inventory stock/order...
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