AP Human Geography Industrial Vocabulary

The idea that growth does not occur uniformly within a region but centers around a core industry. Around this core an agglomeration begins to cluster.

• Technopoles
• Growth Poles
• Textiles
• Entrepot

An integrated approach to production that reduces waste and creates a positive working environment that is based on JIT and the empowerment of every individual to stop production to address quality issues

• Situation Factors
• Toyota Production System
• Site Factors
• Export-Processing Zone

Economic activities that surround and support large-scale industries such as shipping and food service.

• Quinary Economic Activities
• Tertiary Economic Activities
• Ancillary Industrial Activities
• Primary Economic Activities

The end result of production and manufacturing that a consumer will see on a store shelf.

• Consumer Goods
• Deglomeration
• Embargo
• Entrepot

An expense that does not change relative to production.

• Site Factors
• Growth Poles
• Variable Costs
• Fixed Costs

A network of suppliers and customers that provide goods and services.

• Outsourcing
• Supply Chain
• Commodity Chains
• Site Factors

An industry in which the production of goods and services is based in homes as opposed to factories.

• Cottage Industry
• Tarrifs
• Bulk-Reducing Industry
• Receding Industry 

The locational interdependence approach to industrial location that is based on the location of competitors. Industries want to maximize their dominance of the market and have a natural tendency to move closer together.

• Growth Poles
• Hotelling's Model
• Spatially Fixing Costs
• Receding Industry

The economy of a socialist or communist state that is commanded by fixed pricing and control of the means of production.

• Entrepot
• Bid Rent Theory
• Planned Economy
• Variable Costs

Woven fabric products

• Tarrifs
• Embargo 
• Textiles
• Technopoles