manufacturing
- noun
- /ˌmænəˈfækʧərɪŋ/
- The manufacturing process involves transforming raw materials into finished products in factories.
- manufacturing processes
- manufacturing engineering
- design for manufacturing
Must have been like mass manufacturing facility, right?
- Must have been like mass manufacturing facility, right?
- How do we bring more manufacturing to the United States?
- It is a book about basically manufacturing and supply chain management.
- So for example, in the manufacturing of cars or trucks or planes.
- Primarily, it assumes that the the manufacturing tolerance is very tight.
- Well before that we had a shift from manufacturing to service.
- I think India, it would be a good contender for excellence in manufacturing with their temples.
- Low cost, lean right manufacturing operations focus.
- So now I'm on this cleaning manufacturing lines thread and I'm I'm all in.
Examples
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At a young age, he had apprenticed with a manufacturing company in Great Britain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Each division had its own plants and manufacturing processes," he said.
Academic text (2011) -
How do we bring more manufacturing to the United States?
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The manufacturing and research buildings are all below ground.
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There appears to be a manufacturing error.
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Tom Sanders heads our manufacturing department.
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The manufacturing industry is practically on its knees.
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And for most everyday design, engineering, and manufacturing tasks, the products truly are powerful and robust.
Academic text (2011) -
Sustainable forestry and circular manufacturing must be adopted.
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With the rise of autonomous manufacturing, that number is set to explode.
Synonyms
Making goods or services on a large scale
Making many things using machines
The act of making things, especially in a factory by shaping and joining materials
Making large numbers of the same product on an assembly line
A series of machine and chemical steps used to make goods in a factory
Compounds
How Industrial
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
manufacturing = manufacture (transparent) = manufacture + ing
Standard nominalization/gerund from the verb 'manufacture' indicating the process or activity of making goods.
Etymology
The word manufacturing comes from parts manu- 'hand' and -facture 'to make', and is like manual which also connects to the hand. Originally it meant 'made by hand', but now it usually means making goods in factories, often with machines from raw materials.