Outline of manufacturing

Factory in 1958, photo by Paolo Monti

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to manufacturing:

Manufacturing use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. Includes a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but most commonly refers to industrial production, where raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.

Overview

Some manufacturing industries

History

Origins of manufacturing

Main article: Industrial Revolution

Emergence of the factory

Main article: Factory

Improvement of industrial processes

Main article: Industrial process

Theories applied to manufacturing

Operations of manufacturing

Organizational control

Manufacturing systems

Product design

Manufacturing engineering

Assembly systems

Modern manufacturing processes

Concepts

Lists

By country

See also

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