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- Break of bulk point
- A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.
- Bulk gaining industry
- An industry in which the final product weighs more or has a greater volume than the inputs.
- Bulk reducing industry
- An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.
- Cottage industry
- small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment
- Fordist
- A highly organized and specialized system for organizing industrial production and labor. Named after automobile producer Henry Ford, Fordist production features assembly-line production of standardized components for mass consumption.
- Industrial Revolution
- the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
- Labor intensive industry
- An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses.
- Maquiladora
- Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.
- New international division of labor
- Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid less skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.
- Post Fordist
- Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks.
- Right to work state
- A U.S. state that has passed a law preventing a union and company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment.
- Site factors
- Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital.
- Situation factors
- Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.
- Textile
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- Trading Bloc
- A group of neighboring countries that promote trade with each other and erect barriers to limit trade with other blocs