| A | B |
|---|
| maquiladora | Mexican plant that imports US parts, assembles them, and exports the final product back to the US |
| industry | manufacturing of goods in a factory |
| Industrial Revolution | series of improvements in technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods |
| cottage industry | home-based manufacturing |
| putters-out | dropped off cotton and wool, then picked up finished products |
| situation factors | involve the transportation of materials to and from a factory |
| bulk-reducing industry | inputs weigh more than the final product |
| bulk-gaining industry | final product weighs more |
| break-of-bulk point | location where transfer among transportation modes is possible |
| site factors | land, labor, and capital |
| labor-intensive industry | wages and compensation constitute a high percentage of expenses |
| capital-intensive industry | lower than average percetage of expenses is on labor |
| textiles | woven fabrics |
| spinster | unmarried women who spun cloth |
| right-to-work laws | companies cannot make workers join a union |
| new international division of labor | selective transfer of some jobs to LDCs |
| outsourcing | turning over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers |
| vertical integration | company controls all phases of a highly complex production process |
| Fordist | each worker completes one specific task repeatedly |
| post-Fordist | teams, problem-solving, and leveling are used in production |
