Secondary economic activity: Manufacturing Flashcards
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Definition
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the same as manufacturing - making physical goods (raw materials)
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Types of industry:
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- Light industry - uses light raw materials;
- Heavy industry - uses heavy machinery and heavy raw materials;
- Myltinational corporation (MNCs) - has factories and offices in many locations in the world;
- Footloose industry - tied to particular location by the equipment they needed
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Factors influencing the location:
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- raw materials
- transport facilities
- markets
- Eropian Union (EU) policy
- labour supply
- services
- government policy
- capital
- preferences of investors and the local community
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Inputs
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the ‘ingredients’ of a system. They are needed to produce something.
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Processes
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the activities or work done to the inputs to make something new or different
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Outputs/finished products
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the results of the processing, usually a new product
