Manufacturing (Company)


A flower production, 1765. Porcelain manufacture, late 18th century.

A manufac - ture, craft, construction, repair, repair, repair) is a workhouse or factory house where a number of people occupy an occupation previously used as a home business. The workers were paid in piece wages or daily wages.

Characteristic of the manufacturing was the low degree of mechanization and the low degree of division of labor. Nevertheless, some specialization was required: one had a primitive form of business organization, which included activities such as purchasing, sales, administration, management, and work preparation. This distinguished the craft of the craft workshop.

Manufacturing also depended on the tradition of former workshops, which were mostly linked to prisons or monasteries. When the abbeys were abolished during the French Revolution, there were often manufactures in abbey buildings that were already intended for economic activities.

Manufacturing can be seen as the forerunner of modern industry. Examples of manufactures

Today, the word manufacturing is often used for a craft industry. Such companies are often for centuries, for example:

In the past, it was mainly pre-industrial companies, often involved in the textile sector.

Manufacturers of textile products, such as those used in the manufacturing industry, are called manufacturers. Also see Externe link

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