Topic outline of manufacturing

Topic outline of manufacturing

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 outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to manufacturing:

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

* Factory system

Emergence of the factory

Improvement of industrial processes

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
* PLCs

Assembly systems

* Assembly line

Modern 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

* 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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