Manufacturing

Manufacturing is producing goods out of raw materials. It is a branch of industry. It includes making big, complicated things that need many steps to finish, and small, simple things. Often machines are involved in manufacturing.

In the past, products were made by handicraft workers using tools and manual labor. In modern times, most manufacturing jobs were replaced by automated machines in a factory, which made the products much faster and in turn - cheaper than humans could.

Related pages
 Flexible manufacturing system

 References 

 Other websites 
 How Everyday Things Are Made 
 Engineers Edge
 Manufacturers Alliance
 Logistics Quarterly 
 National Association of Manufacturers

Category:Economics