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Lesson 9: Activity - Producers in a Private Enterprise System

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producers –persons who facilitate everything that happens after the client agrees to develop an ad or campaign.
supply –a relationship between the quantity of a product that producers are willing and able to provide and the price.
demand –a relationship between the quantity of a product consumers are willing and able to purchase and the price.
scarcity-the result of unlimited wants and needs combined with limited resources.
controlled economy-an economic system where the government attempts to own and control important resources and to make the decisions about what will be produced and consumed.
free economy-an economic system in which resources are owned by individuals and decisions are made independently with no attempt at government regulation or control.
mixed economy-an economic system in which some goods and services are provided by the government and some by private enterprise.
private enterprise-an economic system based on independent decisions by businesses and consumers with only a limited government role regulating those relationships.
profit motive-the use of resources toward the greatest profit for the producer regulating those relationships.
value-an individual view of the worth of a product or service.
extraction and cultivation-products are obtained from nature or grown using natural resources.
processing-changing and improving the form of another product.
manufacturing-combining raw materials and processed goods into finished products.
mass production-an assembly process that makes a large number of identical products using a continuous efficient procedure.
custom manufacturing-building a specific and unique product to meet the needs of one customer.
materials processing-changing the form of raw materials so they can be consumed or used to make other products.
How does a manufacturer differ from an extractor?The extractor takes resources from nature for direct consumption or for use in developing other products. Manufacturers get supplies from other producers and convert them into products.
What are the three forms of production?The three forms of production are extraction and cultivation, processing, and manufacturing.
: What is intermittent processing?ntermittent processing uses short production runs to produce a precise amount of a variation of a product.
What is custom manufacturing?Custom manufacturing involves building a specific and unique product to meet the needs of one consumer.
What is the fasting growing type of business?Service businesses are the fastest growing category.
What is manufacturing?Manufacturing combines raw materials and processed goods into finished products.
Why would the processing of textbooks be an intermittent process?Books would be produced as dictated by the flow of orders.


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