you're watching video vocab by business English pod dot-com in this lesson we'll
look at vocabulary related to manufacturing companies manufactured goods in plants or
factories where they put together raw materials or various parts and components into a final
product will cover ideas such as fabrication as well as the assembly line where goods are
assembled manufacturers rely on quality control or QC to ensure the quality of their finished goods
manufacture manufacturing manufacturing is the process
of making goods or products especially on a large scale
manufactured goods range from simple pencils to advanced airplanes Canada sells wood to
China where it is used to manufacture furniture for the North American market
plant Factory
Manufacturing normally takes place in large buildings called plants or factories
in a plant goods are created through a combination of machines and human labour
Jaguar Land Rovers new plant in Slovakia the company's third overseas Factory will
employ almost 3,000 workers raw materials raw materials raw materials are the basic materials
used in the manufacturing process this includes natural resources such as oil wood and metals
because South Korea lacks natural resources its
economy relies on raw materials imported from other countries
components parts manufactured products may be built from smaller components or parts
some products are actually made up of thousands of tiny components made
via the companies the iPhone is built from components made by several other
companies including Samsung Broadcom and ST micro fabrication fabrication
generally fabrication is the making of a product by combining different parts
fabrication can also refer to the manufacturer of products made exclusively from metal such
as car bodies or steel frames construction of a new warehouse
started with the fabrication of a steel framework for the building
assemble assembly line
assembling means putting together various parts in the manufacturing process
assembly is usually done in an organized sequence
of workstations called an assembly line most Boeing airlines are assembled in
the Seattle area from parts that are made in countries all over the world quality control
QC to ensure consistency in manufacturing companies use quality control or QC
this involves inspecting products for problems or testing them to
make sure they work correctly before being sold every one of our machines
passes through our QC division where it is inspected for flaws or defects finish goods
finished goods the final results of the manufacturing process our finished goods
finish goods of passed inspection and are ready to be distributed to customers our
manufacturing process transforms raw materials into finished goods in a matter of hours
now it's your turn to practice some of the words we've looked at in this lesson in a moment you'll
hear a series of sentences with a word replaced with a beep repeat each sentence including the
missing word for example if you hear we carefully inspect all finished before shipping them to
retailers you can say we carefully inspect all finished goods before shipping them to retailers
we'll provide the recked answer after each question ready let's give it a go
it is cheaper to buy the to make our products than manufacture those parts ourselves answer
it is cheaper to buy the components to make our products than manufacture those parts ourselves
Manufacturing costs have gone down since the price of raw light copper have dropped
answer manufacturing costs have gone down since
the price of raw materials like copper have dropped
you
a minor electrical problem forced the Assembly to shut down for a few hours
answer a minor electrical problem forced the assembly line to shut down for a few hours
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