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1.1 - core technical principles Flashcards

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What is enterprise

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a skill where individuals or organisations are prepared to show initiative and take risks to make things happen

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What is innovation?

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bringing and developing new ideas for the market

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3
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Explain crowdfunding

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a method used to raise money from a large number of people

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what are the three types of crowdfunding?

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donations - give money because they believe in the cause
equity - money buys shares in the business
debt - money is loaned and then paid back with interest

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What type of marketing are businesses showing interest in?

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virtual marketing and retailing

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what does virtual marketing include

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using a website and social media to promote a company or product

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What is a co-operative

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a business owned and self-managed by its workers. They manage and govern the business by setting their own conditions and work timetables

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Explain Fairtrade?

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a movement created to help producers in developing countries.

It gives fair and better trading conditions to everyone involved in the product

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Define sustainability?

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meeti g our present day needs without compromising future generations

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What is a finite resource?

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a resource which does not renew its self quickly enough to meet the needs of future generations

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What is a non- finite resource?

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a resource which can replenish itself quickly enough to meet its needs

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What are some ways a designer can think about the future of its product?

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  • low impact materials
  • conserving resources by using recycled materials
  • reduce material use
  • designing low energy products
  • ensuring a prolonged life
  • making sure materials can be recycled easily
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What is an ecological footprint?

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the impact of a person or community on the enviroment

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what is a social footprint?

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the effect of a comoany or organisation on people

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which 4 ways can waste be dealt with?

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  • landfill
  • incineration
  • resource recovery
  • energy recovery
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16
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Explain landfill?

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  • most common waste disposal method
  • puting waste into the ground and burying it
  • can cause pollution
  • produces a methane gas(greenhouse gas)
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What is resource recovery?

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recovers certain disposed materials for specific use

18
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Explain incineration?

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waste treatment process that involves burning waste materials. - reduces mass by up to 85%, significantly reducing mass of landill.
pollution is created by large amounts of CO2

19
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What is technology push?

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new technology or materials are devloped and so designers take this as an opportunity to design new products.

20
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What is market pull?

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users want a product to be redeveloped or improved to meet their needs.

21
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What trends do producers have to meet the needs of?

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  • fashion
  • style
  • culture
  • trends
  • world events
22
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What do designers have to take into account?

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the needs or all groups and types of people

23
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What is CAD?

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computer aided design is using computer software to draw, design and model on screen

24
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What is CAM?

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computer aided manufacture is manufacturing products made on CAD

25
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What is a FMS?

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a flexable manufacturing system is a system in which production os organised into cells of machines performing different tasks

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What is CNC?

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computer numerically controlled machine tools that are controlled by a computer

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What is JIT?

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Just in time production is a method of organising a factory so that materials and components are ordered to arrive at the product assembly line just in time for production.

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What is lean manufacturing?

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focusing on reduction of waste when manufacturing

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What are the advantages of len manufacturing and JIT products?

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  • less watse
  • smaller number of of finished products to be stored and put in stock
  • reduced need to keep large stock piles
  • less space needed to keep stock
30
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Explain planned obsolescence?

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planning a product to have a short lifespan

31
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why do companies use planned obsolescence?

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  • make people re buy it
  • want people to by the latest model
  • gain money and more frequent customers

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