Indianapolis, IN -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/27/2016 -- Tim Brown, Bastian Solutions Senior Applications Engineer, recently discussed how businesses can evaluate whether a cart based or conveyor material delivery solution makes sense for an operation. The challenge of how to best move materials efficiently though the facility is something that keeps many operation managers scratching their heads. The evolution of material transport in most operations generally starts with operators carrying products by hand from point A to point B. At some point, the volume of product dictates the use of a cart to improve efficiency. Eventually, the debate shifts to utilizing non-powered carts and trucks or conveyors.

The determining factors to decide whether to utilize conveyor over carts include:

- High Volume / High Cost. As the number of movements within the facility increases so does the cost of these movements.

- Sequence / Error Reduction. Many operations require products to be kept in specific sequences as they move through the facility.

- Product Damage. When applied correctly, conveyors can greatly reduce product damage.

- Safety & Ergonomics. By nature, conveyors offer many advantages in terms of safety and ergonomics over cart transportation.

- Tight Space. Conveyors can greatly reduce the overall footprint of an operation.

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Bastian Solutions is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, with an additional 16 domestic offices and 7 international offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, and Qatar. Uniquely positioned, Bastian Solutions offers customers complete and innovative turnkey material handling systems, from design and simulation, all the way through installation and operations. Bastian Solutions provides integrated material handling systems reducing the total cost of order fulfillment and delivery cycle times for its customers; tremendous productivity gains and a quick return on investment are ensured. Automating supply chain logistics with harmony between material flow, information flow, and operational processes, yields a unique and important competitive advantage.

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