| A | B |
| factories | special buildings where people use machines to manufacture products |
| financial affairs | raising money and maintaining financial records |
| form utility | changing the form of material to make it more useful |
| industrial materials | materials ready for secondary processing into manufactured products |
| industrial relations | concerned with the human aspects of the manufacturing enterprise, such as personnel and labor |
| industrialized society | one in which people use machines to manufacture large quantities of producta from materials |
| managerial technology | the use of systems and procedures to insure that transformation actions are efficient and appropriate |
| marketing | moving a product from the manufacturer to the consumer by means of advertising and selling activities |
| material processing technology | another way of describing tranformation technology |
| primary processing | the first step in transforming raw materials into products |
| production | using machines and tools to transform resources into products |
| raw materials | some form of material found on earth |
| research and development | designing and specifying products |
| secondary processing | the steps in the manufacturing process in wich industrial materials are converted to useful products |
| standard stock | material output by primary processing operations, available in standard size units or standard formulations |
| transformation technology | the appropriate use of tools, machines and systems to convert materials into products |