Material Handling Terminology

The material handling field, now a $3 billion plus industry, is rapidly changing with the introduction of new technologies & analysis proceedures. Until now, there has been no one integrated & objective reference guide that could standardize & formalize material handling terminology. This is it! The book is a comprehensive dictionary of terms used in the field of material handling. It covers all areas of material handling, including: analysis procedures; automatic identification systems; computers & controls; containers & pallets; conveyors; general terminology; industrial trucks & vehicles; manufacturing; monorails; cranes & hoists; robotics; shelving & racks & warehousing & distribution. This guide is also fully indexed with a summary of acronyms, a complete list of references & an index of terms. This book serves as an invaluable reference to anyone involved in material handling, including: purchasing agents; maufacturing personnel; industry suppliers, distributors & salespeople; students & certification test-takers; libraries (corporate, government, academic & public); writers & material handling engineers. The author, Edward Frazelle, is a past president of the International Material Management Society & is currently on the faculty of the School of Industrial & Systems Engineering & the Material Handling Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology.Frazelle, Edward H. is the author of 'Material Handling Terminology', published 1991 under ISBN 9780318684420 and ISBN 031868442X.