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Unit 1 Introduction to
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Unit 1 Introduction t o MaManufacturingginurfactnu
Summary
Key Words
Test Your Knowledge
STEM Activities
Summary
Manufacturing has evolved from producing
products for personal use to complex systems
that give us a wealth of goods. The manufactur-
ing system changes materials into a more usable
form. It moves raw materials into standard stock
that is converted into products. Without manu-
facturing, fewer people would have meaningful
jobs. Also, communities, states, and the nation
would suffer economic distress.
Key Words
All of the following words have been used in this
chapter. Do you know their meanings?
factories
financial affairs
form utility
industrialized society
industrial materials
industrial relations
manufacturing
managerial technology
marketing
material processing technology
mentafacturing
primary processing
raw materials
research and development
secondary processing
standard stock
transformation technology
usufacturing
Test Your Knowledge
Please do not write in this text. Place your answers on
a separate sheet.
1. Describe the difference between usufacture,
manufacture, and mentafacture in terms of the
types of work people do and the machines
they use.
2. List the major components of the manufac-
turing system.
3. Human labor, information, capital, energy,
materials, and finances are examples of
manufacturing _____.
4. What are the two manufacturing process
technologies used by manufacturing
systems?
5. True or False? Transformation technology
creates form utility.
6. True or False? All materials can be traced to a
natural resource.
7. List the five basic areas of activity involved
in manufacturing management.
8. Products and pollution are examples of
_____ of a manufacturing system.
STEM Activities
1. Select a type of manufacturing that appeals
to you. Develop an electronic presentation,
handout, or poster that shows the basic
components of that manufacturing system.
2. Select a product in your technology educa-
tion laboratory or from your home to study.
a. Construct a chart with two columns.
b. In the first column, list all the material
inputs that you think were used to pro-
duce it. (Study the product carefully. Not
all materials are immediately noticeable!)
c. In the second column, list as many
undesirable outputs as occur to you.
These are outputs that may have been
the result of the manufacturing system
and its processes.