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Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of tools, machines and labor to produce goods for sale or use. It may refer to various human activities ranging from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production where raw materials are transformed into finished goods.
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What is polypropylene used for?
Polypropylene is a thermoplastic polymer, made by the chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications, including packaging, textiles (e.g. ropes, thermal underwear and carpets), stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes.
What is an Example of primary secondary and tertiary industries?
Using Herefordshire as an example:
Primary Industry: Fishing, Mining, Farming, Logging, hop farm
Secondary: Computer Manufacturer, Chemical Plant,brewery
Tertiary: Bank, Retial Outlets, transport, public house
Cost accounting system in a manufacturing company?
We are going to stary using a software named "Enterprise One"Is there anything known about this software?
How do a manufacturing engineer dress to go to work?
Some companies demand that manufacturing engineers wear a suit and tie to work. Others have a more relaxed dress code. Depends totally on the company.
Distinguish between fixed cost and variable cost?
A fixed cost is a cost (in the short-run) that does not change based on the production output in a business; i.e. no matter how many products a company makes/sells, these costs do not change. Examples include rent, salaries, and insurance.
A variable cost is a cost (in the short-run) that changes based on the amount of output in a business; i.e. the cost increases if the company makes/sells more products, and vice-versa. Examples include wages, cost of goods sold, and income tax.
Under classical economic theory, all costs are variable in the long-run.
An SKU will be defined as an item of stock that is completely specified as to functions, style, size, colour, and usually location
Will switching to a perpetual inventory system eliminates the need for a physical inventory count?
NOP. Physical inventory counts are always needed to verify accuracy of records.
What is the difference between thermo plastic and thermo setting plastic?
ThermoplastIc materials (such as polyethylene, nylon, etc ) are melt-processable, meaning that they can be heated to a melt (liquid) phase, forced into a mold, and then cooled to form a pre-determined shape. Typical processes include injection molding, compression molding, and blow molding. Thermoplastic materials can, many times, be potentially ground up and re-processed many times as there is no chemical reaction that occurs. Thermoset materials (such as epoxy, and some polyesters), on the other hand, undergo a chemical reaction and cross-linking of the polymer chains and can not be can't be ground up and re-processed.
How do you use further in a sentence?
(The adverb further means "to a greater extent" or additional - for a distance, use "farther")
"John was further in debt than his wife knew."
"The product needs further testing to improve its operation."
"Upon further review, the decision on the field has been confirmed."
"Investigators discovered a further case of fraud in the election."
(verb use - "advance")
"He used the crisis to further his own career."
What country makes Mercedes cars?
Mercedes-Benz cars, buses and trucks are manufactured in these countries:
Austria (Graz)
Brazil (Juiz de Fora)
China (Fuzhou)
Egypt ( 6th of October City; Cairo)
France ( Ligny-en-Barrois)
Germany (Sindelfinger; Rastatt; Bremen; Wörth am Rhein, Mannheim)
Hungary (Kecskemét)
India (Pune; Chakan)
Malaysia (Pekan)
Mexico (Santiago Tianguistenco; Toluca)
South Africa (East London)
Spain (Samano; Vitoria; Alcobendas)
Thailand (Thonburi)
Turkey (Aksaray)
United States (Tuscaloosa, AL)
What are the benefits of inventory management?
1. Easy to locate items with proper inventory management.
2. Reduce wastage.
3. FIFO control to ensure older batch of stock always send out first.
4. Increase productivity.
5. Improve storage space utilization.
6. Improve inventory accuracy.
spong iron is the porous product of direct reduction of iron ore .it is better than scrap of iron because of less polution of the environment and more homogenous and have less harmfull element such as phosphor sulphur( S and P).
it is because it is made by human begins (us) and not obtained naturally therfore known as artificial silk
It is also called rayon
Where are American tanks manufactured?
During the Vietnam War, the US Army's M48 Patton tanks were manufactured by the Chrysler Automobile company in Detroit MI.
How is Nylon manufacturing process?
1. It is manufactured by process of chemical polymerisation into thin fibre/sheet or spun into yarn.
