Manufacturing involves making goods by hand or with machinery. The word "manufacture" comes from Latin words meaning "made by hand", though most manufacturing today uses automated and computer-controlled equipment rather than entirely manual methods. Manufacturing transforms raw materials into finished goods through mechanical, physical, or chemical processes.
Manufacturing involves making goods by hand or with machinery. The word "manufacture" comes from Latin words meaning "made by hand", though most manufacturing today uses automated and computer-controlled equipment rather than entirely manual methods. Manufacturing transforms raw materials into finished goods through mechanical, physical, or chemical processes.
Manufacturing involves making goods by hand or with machinery. The word "manufacture" comes from Latin words meaning "made by hand", though most manufacturing today uses automated and computer-controlled equipment rather than entirely manual methods. Manufacturing transforms raw materials into finished goods through mechanical, physical, or chemical processes.
The word manufacture is derived from two Latin words,
manus (hand) and factus (make); the combination means made by hand. The English word manufacture is several centuries old, and made by hand accurately described the manual methods used when the word was first coined.1 Most modern manufacturing is accomplished by automated and computer-controlled machinery