Chapter 11- Industry Flashcards
Industrial Revolution
The collective invention of hundreds of mechanical devices, mostly developed in the UK.
Maquiladora
A manufacturing plant for grinding or processing corn.
Situation Factors
Factors that involve transporting materials to and from a factory.
(IDEAL Location - somewhere with low transport cost for materials, but also low transport cost of the finsihed product to consumers)
Site Factors
Factors that vary among location.
IDEAL Factors - Land, Labor, Capital
Bulk Reducing Industry
An economic activity where the final product weighs less than its inputs.
Bulk Gaining Industry
Industry that makes something that gains weight/volume during production.
Break of Bulk Point
A location where transfer among transportation modes is possible.
Labor Intensive Industry
Industry in which wages paid to employees constitute a high percentage of expenses.
Textiles
Woven fabrics (That was easy…
Cottage Industry
Working from home, EX: Spinning fabric as a career in your home.
Right to Work
Work laws that require factories to maintain an “open shop”, meaning the company cannot negotiate a contract with a union as a condition of employment.
Outsourcing
Turning over responsibility for production to independant suppliers.
Fordist Production
Mass production, with one worker being assigned one small job to repeat over and over. Think - Henry Ford and his ASSEMBLY LINE - One guy does wheels, next guy screws it on, third guy paints it, etc.
Post Fordist Production
Flexible Production.
- Teams - Workers arranged in teams to solve production approaches themselves.
- Problem Solving - Problems solved through consensus rather than filing a complaint.
- Leveling - Workers and managers and supervisors all treated equally, same uniforms, share cafeteria, same social interactions, etc.
