ch. 11 Terms
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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 industery | An industry in which the final product weighs more or compromises a greater volume than the inputs.
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| Bulk-reducing industery | An industry in which the final product weighs less or compromises a lower volume than the inputs.
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| Cottage industery | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the industrial revolution.
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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 industery | An industry in which labor costs make up a high percentage of total expenses.
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| Maquiladora | Factories built by U.S. Companies in Mexico near the U.S.borer, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.
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| New industrial 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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| Outsourcing | turning over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.
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| Post-fordist | Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks.
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| Right-to-work laws | A.U.S.state that has passed a law preventing a union and company from negotiating a contract that requires workers 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 in making clothes.
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