<P> Material handling involves short - distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle . It uses a wide range of manual , semi-automated , and automated equipment and includes consideration of the protection , storage , and control of materials throughout their manufacturing , warehousing , distribution , consumption , and disposal . Material handling can be used to create time and place utility through the handling , storage , and control of material , as distinct from manufacturing , which creates form utility by changing the shape , form , and makeup of material . </P>
<P> Material handling involves short - distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle . It uses a wide range of manual , semi-automated , and automated equipment and includes consideration of the protection , storage , and control of materials throughout their manufacturing , warehousing , distribution , consumption , and disposal . Material handling can be used to create time and place utility through the handling , storage , and control of material , as distinct from manufacturing , which creates form utility by changing the shape , form , and makeup of material . </P>
the short distance movement of material between two or more points refers to
the short distance movement of material between two or more points refers to
Material handling
Material handling