Manufacturing - Business Proficiency

The word manufacturing comes from Latin, meaning ...

• Made in a factory

• Made by hand

• Made by man

A cottage industry is a small business ...

• Specialising in bungalow construction

• Located near a lake or beach

• In which the work is done by people in their homes

Micromanufacturing ...

• Sets up production facilities in small buildings

• Produces finished goods to order in very limited batches

• Uses nanotechnologies to develop extremely small devices

Agile manufacturing is a term for operations that ...

• Can be quickly configured to satisfy a change in the market

• Can be completed at great speed

• Require a specially trained workforce

Additive manufacturing uses ...

• Powerful solvents blended together to create pigments for spray paint

• Laser-powered 3D printers to make objects by adding layer-uopn-layer of materials

• A mix of finely ground minerals that are heated together to produce glass.

Genetic engineering involves ...

• Using natural organic materials in manufacturing process

• Producing goods that will have no branding or registered trademark

• Changing the characteristics of an organism by modifying DNA

The aims of green manufacturing include ...

• Using a colour-coding system on the factory floors

• Using up natural resources

• Reducing tha carbon footprint

Space manufacturing is a process that ...

• Produces goods in outer space using the advantages of zero gravity and a vacuum atmosphere

• Produces large quantities of goods, which are stored in purpose-built warehouses

• Increases the size of an assembly line to handle the large-scale production

Intelligent manufacturing involves ...

• A system of planning all production programmes well in advance

• Programming robots to work with minimal supervision and assistance from operators

• Producrion processes that are carried out by a highly qualified workforce