What is Manufacturing?
{{unsourced|date=January 2010}} [[File:Tesla auto bots.jpg|thumb|275x275px|Manufacturing of a car in Tesla Inc.]] '''Manufacturing''' is producing [[finished goods|goods]] out of [[raw material]]s. It is a branch of [[industry]]. It includes making big, complicated things that need many steps to finish, and small, simple things. Often [[machine]]s are involved in manufacturing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kenton|first=Will|title=Manufacturing|url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/manufacturing.asp|access-date=March 8, 2022|website=Investopedia|language=en|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117184723/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/manufacturing.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> In the past, products were made by [[handicraft]] workers using tools and [[manual labor]]. In modern times, most manufacturing jobs were replaced by [[Automation|automated machines]] in a [[factory]], which made the [[Product stewardship|products]] much faster and in turn - cheaper than [[humans]] could. ==Related pages== * [[Flexible manufacturing system]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://manufacturing.stanford.edu How Everyday Things Are Made] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119095041/http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/ |date=2018-11-19 }} * [http://www.engineersedge.com/manufacturing_design.shtml Engineers Edge] * [http://www.mapi.net/ Manufacturers Alliance] * [http://logisticsquarterly.com/ Logistics Quarterly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205011353/http://www.logisticsquarterly.com/ |date=2007-02-05 }} * [http://www.nam.org National Association of Manufacturers] [[Category:Economics]] [[Category:Manufacturing| ]] {{tech-stub}}