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11 Cards in this Set
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Modular Building |
A building made of smaller, prebuilt parts put together |
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Crowdfunding |
Practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people (typically via the internet) by offering incentives |
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Fair Trade |
Trade in which fair prices are paid to the farmers and workers who create products |
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Ecological Footprint |
An analytical measurement of the amount of global resources used |
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Continuous Improvement |
A process of making small changes to improve the way a company works |
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Technology Push |
When the technology enough to invent or develop new products |
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Market Pull |
When consumer demand forces the invention or development of a new product |
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Flexible Manufacturing Systems |
A manufacturing process that can be modified at different points to produce different quantities or different parts for a product |
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Just In Time Manufacturing |
Materials of parts are delivered just before they are needed |
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Lean Manufacturing |
A systematic approach to minimising waste within a manufacturing system |
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Planned Obsolescence |
Deliberately giving a product a short life span |
