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Secondary Activities as a System
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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Raw materials are processed or processed materials are changed further
Factory works like a system: Inputs, Processes and Outputs
Inputs : the raw materials and anything else needed to make the manufactured product
Processes : the changing of inputs into outputs
Outputs : manufactured products, by-products and wastes
CASE STUDY: INPUTS, PROCESSES AND OUTPUTS OF AN IRISH COMPUTER FACTORY
PC Pro is an Irish-owned computer assembly plant located in the Southside Industrial Estate, Togher, Co. Cork. It works as a system
Inputs include a modern factory building, 20 employees, imported components. Each computer contains:
A case
A motherboard
CPU
Hard disk
Video Card
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
The Processes:
When components arrive they are tagged and shelved
When a customer orders a computer, specific components are selected and brought to the production area
The computer is assembled
Quality control workers ensure the computer has been properly assembled
The computer undergoes burn-in
The new computer is packged and delivered
Outputs are assembled computers
System
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- Leaving Certificate Geography (Secondary Economic Activities) Note on Secondary Activities as a System, created by cian.buckley on 11/05/2013.
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