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Before looking in detail at the techniques of materials handling and plant layout, it is necessary to consider what area is covered by these terms, and where they fit into the pattern of general management. Although the two terms are often considered and used independently of each other, in practice the matters covered are so closely related that it is impossible, for example, to lay out a workshop without considering in great detail the system of handling material that will operate therein.
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Pemberton, A.W. (1974). Introduction. In: Plant Layout and Materials Handling. Macmillan Handbooks in Industrial Management. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01786-7_1
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