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Overview of and topical guide to manufacturing
The following
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to manufacturing:
Manufacturing – use of
machines,
tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. Includes a range of human activity, from
handicraft to
high-tech, but most commonly refers to industrial production, where
raw materials are transformed into
finished goods on a large scale.
Overview
Some manufacturing industries
History
Origins of manufacturing
Industrial Revolution
Emergence of the factory
Factory
Improvement of industrial processes
Theories applied to manufacturing
Operations of manufacturing
Organizational control
Manufacturing systems
Product design
Manufacturing engineering
Assembly systems
Modern manufacturing processes
Taxonomy of manufacturing processes
Manufacturing process management
Concepts
Lists
By country
See also