最佳的处理解决方案涉及最少的处理。处理会增加成本，但不会增加产品的价值。选择合适的设备或系统来优化物料流是物料搬运的广泛定义，包括起重机，输送机，自动化车辆，拖拉机，自由范围叉车，订单拣选机，码垛机和码垛车等。

        The best handling solutions involve the least handling. Handling adds to the cost but not to the value of the product. The choice of the right equipment or system to optimise material flow is broadly a definition of Materials Handling and includes cranes, conveyors, automated vehicles, tractors, free ranging forklifts, order pickers, pallet stackers and pallet trucks etc.