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Manufacturing and Manufacturing Systems
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Manufacturing covers wide areas of inputs, processes and products. It reaches out to the
demands in production for thousands of different varieties and types of goods. These
demands range from large ships to hand drilling equipment, and from micro circuits to
automobiles. The number and complexity of processes involved in the production of
these goods varies drastically. The extent of alterations involved in these processes form
the very basis for getting a bird’s eye view of the manufacturing activity. Some are
simple primary product and some are simply transformed products such as basic metallic
shapes, paint and utensils. The next are moderately transformed products such as wires,
rods, metal pipes and tubes, while others are elaborately transformed products such as
prefabricated metal shapes, wire products, glassware and ceramic products. The
mechanization and extent to which it is involved in the process of production gives
another view of manufacturing. Manufacturing covers a very wide range of situations
right
from robot controlled highly mechanized lines of production to some simple day
to day use equipments with mechanical activities.