Manufacturing Chapter 9
Manufacturing vs. Construction Manufacturing is making goods in a workshop or factory. Construction is building a structure on location.
Crafts People Before technology allowed for manufacturing, trades people filled the need for tools, equipment, and other products. Morris, Cross, Rock, Tower, Hatch, Smith, Sumner
Mass Production: The production of goods in large quantities by groups of workers in large factories. Assembly lines are used for mass production.
Standardization: Items are made to be interchangeable, exactly alike. Rifle parts, screws Jigs were used to make items the same.
Synchronization: For the assembly line to work, the process must be synchronized. Each person and piece has a time and place that is fit into the overall assembly.
What is a Union? Unions came abut in the early 1900’s to protect the rights of factory workers. Child labor laws were passed around the same time.
Henry Ford Model T car Black or black
Entrepreneur: A person who comes up with a good idea and uses it to make money.
Inventor: A person who creates an entirely new idea like the telephone & x-ray. Patents
Innovator: When someone improves another person’s idea or invention.
Resources for Manufacturing: People Energy Capital Information Time Materials Tools & Machines
Cogeneration: When by-products are used to create energy in addition to primary energy sources. Examples: manure being used to create methane gas, heat from engines being used to create steam power.
Productivity: How quickly and cheaply a product can be made.
The Process: Research & Development- create new ideas and improve old ones. Market research- what customers want. Prototype- model used to solve problems and for testing before products are actually built. Flowchart- used to show the process of manufacturing the product.
Quality Control: Uniformity: Making sure that products meet specified minimum requirements for operation, appearance, and durability. Ensuring that all products are alike or uniform. Uniformity:
Feedback: What is it? Automation Robots
Flexible and “Just-in-Time” Manufacturing: Flexible- the efficient production of small amounts of products. Just-in-Time- manufacturing using parts and materials that arrive in the factory when they are needed and not before.