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Industry
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The manufacturing of goods in a factory
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Industrial Revolution
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Originated in Northern England and spread, its the spread of the use of technology to make products better and faster. It made new social, economic and political inventions
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Bulk - Reducing industry
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the final product weighing less then the inputs
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Break - of - bulk point
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a location where transfer among transportation modes is possible
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Labor intensive industry
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is one in which wages and other compensation paid to employees constitute a high percentage of expenses
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cottage industry
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the process of carding and spinning at home by children and young girls and wives
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textile products
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garments, carpets, home products, and industrial uses
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factors in shifts of manufacturing (4)
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proximity to local market
convenience in shipping proximity to large supply of labor sources of capital |
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right - to - work laws
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a union and company way not negotiate a contract that requires workers to be part of the union
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outsourcing
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turning over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers
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