Material Handling Systems Case The MFA Company Ltd. Fills order from one hundred items ranging in size from 3” x4” x6” to 3’x3’x3’. All orders are put into packing cartons and shipped by commercial carriers. The packaging operations is performed by two workers on flat waist-high work branches. Two workers are required because of the size of some of the cartons. To secure the packages, rope, strapping, filament tape or gummed tape is used. The wrapping operations is completely manual. After a package has been has been packed, wrapped and sealed, it is hand-carried to classified shipping bins about 400 feet from the wrapping tables. Question: How can the packaging operations be improved? Suggest methods or equipment for improving the handling of packages.

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The MFA Company Ltd. Fills order from one hundred items ranging in size from 3” x4” x6” to 3’x3’x3’. All orders are put into packing cartons and shipped by commercial carriers. The packaging operations is performed by two workers on flat waist-high work branches. Two workers are required because of the size of some of the cartons. To secure the packages, rope, strapping, filament tape or gummed tape is used. The wrapping operations is completely manual. After a package has been has been packed, wrapped and sealed, it is hand-carried to classified shipping bins about 400 feet from the wrapping tables.

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How can the packaging operations be improved? Suggest methods or equipment for improving the handling of packages.

 

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