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List of basic manufacturing topics

Manufacturing is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale. This effort includes all intermediate processes required for the production and integration of a product's components. Some industries, like semiconductor and steel manufacturers use the term fabrication instead.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to manufacturing:

Manufacturing Portal

Contents

• 1 Essence of manufacturing
• 2 Some manufacturing industries
• 3 History of manufacturing
  • 3.1 Origins of manufacturing
  • 3.2 Emergence of the factory
  • 3.3 Improvement of industrial processes
• 4 Theories applied to manufacturing
• 5 Operations of manufacturing
  • 5.1 Organizational control
  • 5.2 Manufacturing systems
  • 5.3 Product design
  • 5.4 Manufacturing engineering
  • 5.5 Assembly systems
  • 5.6 Modern manufacturing processes
• 6 Basic manufacturing concepts
• 7 Manufacturing-related lists
• 8 See also

Essence of manufacturing

Main article: Manufacturing

• Factory
• Heavy industry
• Light industry
• Mass production
• Production line

Some manufacturing industries

• Aerospace industry
  • Aircraft parts industry
• Automotive industry
• Chemical industry
• Computer industry
• Electronics industry
• Food processing industry
• Garment industry
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Pulp and paper industry
• Toy industry

History of manufacturing

• Handicraft
• History of the factory

Origins of manufacturing

Main article: Industrial Revolution

• Factory system

Emergence of the factory

Main article: Factory

Improvement of industrial processes

Main article: Industrial process

Theories applied to manufacturing

• Taylorism
• Fordism
• Scientific management

Operations of manufacturing

Organizational control

• Management
  • List of management topics
  • Total Quality Management
• Quality control
  • Six Sigma

Manufacturing systems

• Craft or Guild system
• English system of manufacturing
• American System of manufacturing
• Soviet collectivism in manufacturing
• Mass production
• Just In Time manufacturing
• Lean manufacturing
• Flexible manufacturing
• Mass customization
• Agile manufacturing
• Rapid manufacturing
• Prefabrication

Product design

• Rapid prototyping
• Computer aided design
• New product development
• Toolkits for User Innovation
• Configuration systems

Manufacturing engineering

• Production engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Computer-aided manufacturing
• Computer integrated manufacturing
• Numerically controlled
• Computer numerically controlled
• Distributed control systems
• Fieldbus control systems
• Programmable logic controllers

Assembly systems

• Assembly line

Modern manufacturing processes

Main article: Taxonomy of manufacturing processes

Basic manufacturing concepts

• Capital
• Capital investment
• Consumer
• Conveyor belt
• Depreciation
• Distributor
• Factory
• Fixed asset
• Industrial process
• Machine tool
• Manufacturing
• Mass production
• Plant
• Primary industry
• Procurement
• Production line
• Raw materials
• Retailer
• Supply chain
• Tooling up
• Warehouse
• Wholesaler
• Workers

Manufacturing-related lists

• list of engineering topics
• list of management topics
• list of production topics
• list of marketing topics
• list of economics topics
• list of international trade topics
• list of finance topics
• list of accounting topics
• list of information technology management topics
• list of business law topics
• list of human resource management topics
• list of business theorists
• list of economists
• list of corporate leaders

See also

Find more about Manufacturing on Wikipedia's sister projects: Dictionary definitionsTextbooksQuotationsSource textsImages and mediaNews storiesLearning resources

• Business - for the economics and commercial management of a manufacturing company.
• Commercial Law - for the law as applied to businesses.
• Industry - for the classification of manufacturers.
• Management and General manager - for the general management of a business.
• Political economy - for the political impact of the development of industry.
• Product Lifecycle Management - for the role of computer technology in manufacturing.
• Production - for the economic decisions made in manufacturing.

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