enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Manufacturing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing

    In 2023, the manufacturing industry in the United States accounted for 10.70% of the total national output, employing 8.41% of the workforce. The total value of manufacturing output reached $2.5 trillion. [66] [67] In 2023, Germany's manufacturing output reached $844.93 billion, marking a 12.25% increase from 2022. The sector employed ...

  3. Secondary sector of the economy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_sector_of_the...

    It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. This sector generally takes the output of the primary sector (i.e. raw materials like metals, wood) and creates finished goods suitable for sale to domestic businesses or consumers and for export (via distribution through the tertiary sector ).

  4. Manufacturing engineering - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_engineering

    Manufacturing engineers are closely connected with engineering and industrial design efforts. Examples of major companies that employ manufacturing engineers in the United States include General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Boeing, Gates Corporation and Pfizer.

  5. Manufacturing in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the...

    Manufacturing is conducted among globally distributed supply chains, with various stages of production conducted in different countries. [24] For example, automotive parts may be manufactured in the U.S., shipped to Mexico for assembly, then sent back to the U.S. In some cases, the components of the final product cross the border multiple times.

  6. Process manufacturing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_manufacturing

    Process manufacturing is a branch of manufacturing that is associated with formulas and manufacturing recipes, [1] and can be contrasted with discrete manufacturing, which is concerned with discrete units, bills of materials and the assembly of components. Process manufacturing is also referred to as a 'process industry' which is defined as an ...

  7. Factory system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_system

    Reconstructed historical factory in Žilina for production of safety matches.Originally built in 1915 for the firm Wittenberg and Son.. The factory system is a method of manufacturing whereby workers and manufacturing equipment are centralized in a factory, the work is supervised and structured through a division of labor, and the manufacturing process is mechanized.

  8. Outline of manufacturing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_manufacturing

    Manufacturing – use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. Includes a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech , but most commonly refers to industrial production, where raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.

  9. Industrial processes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_processes

    Certain chemical process yield important basic materials for society, e.g., (cement, steel, aluminum, and fertilizer).However, these chemical reactions contribute to climate change by emitting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, through chemical reactions, as well as through the combustion of fossil fuels to generate the high temperatures needed to reach the activation energies of the chemical ...