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What is crowdfunding

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An online platform where designers pitch an idea and ask for investment.

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What is virtual marketing

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Advertising a product using social media
Celebrities and influencers can promote products

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What is a life cycle assessment

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Analyses the stages of a products life and highlights the environmental impact

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Main stages of LCA (life cycle assessment) include

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Extraction of raw materials
Manufacture and assembly
Transportation
Use
Disposal

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What is technology push

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WHere new technology is invented, which pushes the innovation of a new product

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Examples of technology push

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Dyson inventing cyclone tech for his vacuum cleaners

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What does market pull mean

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Where consumers have a need or desire for a new product, which causes new products to be created

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What keeps prices low

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People now have much more choice
Consumers can shop all over the world

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What are composite materials

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Composite materials mare made by combining two or more materials.

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What is glass-reinforced plastic

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A composite material
It is lightweight, waterproof, chemically resistant, corrosion-resistant, heat resistant.

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Where is GRP (glass reinforced plastic) used

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Boat hulls, car bodies

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What is CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic)

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A composite material
a cloth woven matting with individual interlacing strands that provide an aesthetically pleasing pattern

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Qualities of CFRP

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very strong and leightweight, as well as resistant to most things

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Uses of CFRP

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Super cars, boats

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Advertising a product using social media
Celebrities and influencers can promote products

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virtual marketing and retail

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An online platform where designers pitch an idea and ask for investment.

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crowdfunding

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What category is glass-reinforced plastic

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composite material

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What category is CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic)

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composite material

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What is enterprise

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The ability to identify business opportunities and take advantage of them

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What is a a cooperative

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A cooperative is a business that is owned and run by its workers or members

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What are 3 advantages of Automation and robotics in facotries

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Fewer errors, more accurate
Reducing labour costs
They can do work that is normally dangerous for humans

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What does CAD stand for

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Computer aided design

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What does CAM stand for

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Computer aided manufacture

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What are some examples of CAD software

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2D design, Sketch up

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What are some examples of CAM equipment

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Lazer cutter, 3D printers

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What are some advantages of CAD

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More accurate than hand drawings
Often views as 3D models which is very useful
Allows several designers to work simultaniously

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What are some disadvantages of CAD

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Can be difficult to learn
The software can be very expensive

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Advantages of CAM

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High level of accuracy
Increases the speed and efficiency of production
Is compatible directly from a CAD file

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What does FMS stand for

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Flexible Manufacturing systems

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What are FMS

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consist of computer numerical control machines, working alongside a production line. These machines are easily adaptable and can change bases of the the product being made

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What does CNC stand for

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Computer numerical control

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What is lean manufacturing

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Lean manufacture aims to minimise waste but saving money and improving efficiency

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Lean manufacture

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Efficiency

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FMS?

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Flexibility to new products

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What is just in time

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JIT manufacture is an example of lean manufacture. Stock is only ordered when needed, which minimises waste and storage.

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Advantages of JIT

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Reduces costs for warehouse space
Stock is less likely to go out of date

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Disadvantages of JIT

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Lost the economical advantage of bulk buying
No room for error if something goes wrong
Increased transport costs, as many more deliveries

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What is CAD

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computer aided design

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