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38 Cards in this Set
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Break-of-bulk point |
A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another |
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Bulk gaining industry |
An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs |
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Bulk reducing industry |
An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs |
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Cottage industry |
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found prior to the industrial revolution |
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Fordist production |
Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly |
Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly |
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Industrial revolution |
A series of improvements in Industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods |
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Labor-intensive industry |
An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses |
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Maquiladora |
Factories built by U.S companies in Mexico near the U.S border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico. |
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Textile |
A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing |
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Textile |
A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing |
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Situation factors |
Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory |
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Textile |
A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing |
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Situation factors |
Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory |
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Site factors |
Location factors related t the cost of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor and capital |
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Right to work state |
A us state that has passed a law preventing a union and company negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment |
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Post fordist production |
Adopting by companies of flexible work of rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks |
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Outsourcing |
A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers |
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Outsourcing |
A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers |
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New international division of labor |
Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low paid less skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries |
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Non point source pollution |
Pollution that comes from large diffuse area. This pollution comes from many diffuse sources |
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Ozone |
A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, a zone between 15 and 50 kilometers above earths surface |
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Photochemical smog |
An atmospheric condition formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution, specifically from metro vehicle emissions |
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Point source pollution |
Pollution that enters a stream at a specific location. Pollution that comes from a single identifiable source of pollution |
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Sanitary landfill |
A place to deposit solid waste where a layer of earth is bulldozed over garbage each day to reduce emission of gases and odors from the decaying trash, to minimize fires and discourage vermin |
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Vertical integration |
The combination in one company of two or more of production normally operated by seperate companies |
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Vertical integration |
The combination in one company of two or more of production normally operated by seperate companies |
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Acid deposition |
Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere ewhere they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid and return to earths surface |
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Vertical integration s |
The combination in one company of two or more of production normally operated by seperate companies |
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Acid deposition |
Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere ewhere they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid and return to earths surface |
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Acid precipitation |
Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids return to earth as rain snow or fog |
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Air pollution |
Concentration of trace substances each carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and solid particulates at a greater level than occur in average air |
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chloroflurocarbon |
A gas used as a solvent a propellant in aerosol is, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and in extinguishers |
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chloroflurocarbon |
A gas used as a solvent a propellant in aerosol is, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and in extinguishers |
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Ferrous |
Metals, including iron that are utilized in the production of iron and steel |
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chloroflurocarbon |
A gas used as a solvent a propellant in aerosol is, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and in extinguishers |
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Ferrous |
Metals, including iron that are utilized in the production of iron and steel |
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