2.1 English for business vocabulary

a line of people or machinery in a factory, each making a specific part of a product.

• manufacture

• handmade

• product line

• raw materials

to make a large number of goods usually in a factory and using machinery

• manufacture

• handmade

• product line

• raw materials

The basic substances that are used to make a product.

• manufacture

• handmade

• product line

• raw materials

Manufacturing too much of something in relation to demand

• Prototype

• Overproduction

• product testing

• mass production

The first form of a design that can be changed, copied, or developed.

• Prototype

• Overproduction

• product testing

• mass production

A process to check that goods meet certain standards.

• Prototype

• Overproduction

• product testing

• mass production

the process of making large numbers of goods, usually in a factory.

• Prototype

• Overproduction

• product testing

• mass production

a declaration that a product meets certain standards and is suitable for sale.

• product approval

• packaging

• process

• ethically sourced

the external wrapping of goods before they are sold

• product approval

• packaging

• process

• ethically sourced

a series of actions or steps that are done in a particular order

• product approval

• packaging

• process

• ethically sourced