Secondary Activities in Manufacturing

Economic activities that involve processing, transforming, or assembling raw materials into finished products.

Industries that use advanced technologies and specialized skills to create innovative products and services.

Industries that can locate anywhere without being tied to resources or markets.

Primary activities extract raw materials from the earth; secondary activities transform these materials into finished products.

Africa's underdeveloped industrial sector despite abundant natural resources.

The process of producing goods from raw materials using power, mass production, and specialized labor in factories.

Basic materials found in nature that need processing before use.

Increasing the worth of raw materials through processing or manufacturing into finished products.

Changing raw materials to give them more value.

Creating large quantities of identical products.

Workers with specific skills for a certain task in manufacturing.

Identical products created through mass production.

Modern large scale manufacturing involves specialized skills, methods (mass production), complex machinery, extreme specialization, vast capital, large organizations, and executive bureaucracy.

Modern manufacturing often uses specialization, where workers perform one task repeatedly, and mass production of standardized parts.

A manufacturing method where small numbers of items are made-to-order, leading to higher costs.

Manufacturing in many Third World countries is often less complex, with simpler production methods.

Manufacturing involves making goods, traditionally by hand but now also including goods "made by machines".

Modern manufacturing relies on intricate machines and tools for efficient production.

This method involves different workers performing specific tasks, leading to higher production output.