Industry - LeBlanc
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| break-of-bulk point | a location where transfer among transportation modes is possible
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| bulk-gaining industry | makes something that gains volume or weight during production
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| bulk-reducing industry | an economic activity in which the final product weighs less than its inputs
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| cottage industry | home-based manufacturing
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| fordist | 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 in which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses
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| Maquiladora | factories built by the U.S. companies in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico
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| New international division of labor | transfer of some types of jobs, especially the ones with lower pay and skill from MDC to LDC
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| Post-Fordist | adoption by companies of more flexible work rules
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| Right-to-work state | a U.S. state that has passed a law preventing a union and company from negociating a contract that requires a worker to join a union as a condition of employment
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| site factors | location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land labor and capital
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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 to make clothing
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| trading bloc | a group of neighboring countrys that agree to trade with one another and erect barriers to limit trade with other blocs
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