TY - JFULL AU - A. Pancharya PY - 2011/4/ TI - Improvements in Material Handling: A Case Study of Cement Manufacturing Plant T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 588 EP - 593 VL - 5 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12945 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 51, 2011 N2 - The globalization of the Indian economy has thrown a great challenge to the Indian industries in respect of productivity, quality, cost, delivery etc. Achieving success• the global market has required fundamental shift in the way business is conducted and has dramatically affected virtually every aspect of process industry. The internal manufacturing process and supporting infrastructure should be such that it can compete successfully in global markets with better flexibility and delivery. The paper deals with a case study of a reputed process industry, some changes in the process has been suggested, which leads to reduction in labor cost and production cost. ER -