The goal of the course is to obtain the basic knowledge of material handling technologies in the manufacturing and service systems. That knowledge allow students to independently perform engineering analysis of the requirements posed to the material handling systems. The aim of the course is to gain a degree in industrial engineering with the competence in the design of new and rehabilitation of existing material handling systems.

Students will be able to analyze the existing material handling systems in the enterprise, defining requirements for material handling systems with the selection of appropriate equipment for them. B.Sc. in industrial engineering should be able to design material handling systems independently.

The definition and classification of material handling systems (MH). Material handling in the workplace. Transport. Storage. Stages of material flow. The structure of the system for materiall handling. The quality of the functioning of the MH Effect of transportation, transportion work, the time effect of MH. Load effect of MH. Transportation time. The transportation cycle. MH costs. Subsystems for the MH system. Selection of means for MH. Automation systems for MH.

Teaching includes lectures with examples of material handling systems in the workplace as well as in transport and storage functions in a manufacturing and service systems. On the exercises students are encouraged to work in groups. Exercises are computer supported.