manufacturing sector
Goods production domain
The manufacturing sector is the part of an economy concerned with producing physical goods from raw materials or components—factories, plants, and industrial facilities that make everything from automobiles to pharmaceuticals.
Economists and journalists use the term when discussing industrial output, employment trends, or trade policy: The manufacturing sector added 12,000 jobs last month.
Often shortened to simply manufacturing.
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
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- blue collarManual labor workforce
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- textile industrySector producing cloth goods
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