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Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. It is a large branch of industry and of secondary production. Some industries, like semiconductor and steel manufacturers use the term fabrication.
Although handicraft production has been with us for many millennia, modern-style manufacturing is generally regarded as beginning around 1780 with the British Industrial Revolution, spreading thereafter to Continental Europe and North America, and subsequently around the world.
While
it remains
a huge part
of the modern
world economy
perhaps
a quarter
of aggregate
world production
of goods
and services
many of
the world's
wealthier
nations
devote an
ever smaller
proportion
of their
workforce
to manufacturing
activity
owing to
relocation
of enterprises
to lower-wage
countries
and the
rising proportion
of economic
activity
devoted
to service
activity.
Manufacturing Topics of interest for further investigation:
Taxonomy of manufacturing processes
Manufacturing Systems
Craft system
English system of manufacturing
American System of manufacturing
Soviet collectivism in manufacturing
Mass production
Just in time manufacturing
Lean manufacturing
Flexible manufacturing
Mass customization
Agile manufacturing
Rapid manufacturing
Prefabrication
Theories
Taylorism
Fordism
Scientific management
Manufacturing Engineering
Industrial and manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Computer-aided manufacturing
Computer integrated manufacturing
Numerically controlled
Computer numerically controlled
Distributed Control Systems
Fieldbus control systems
Programmable logic controllers
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