Hard Manufacturing

An asset used, usually in a factory or similar setting, to make products in large quantities. A hard manufacturing asset often may not be adapted easily and may only be able to make a defined set of products. A hard manufacturing asset is a major business expense but is necessary in some sectors to make what a company sells. It is one of the most important types of fixed assets.

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In more recent times, workers have been at risk of injuries from mining, building bridges, working on railroads and other kinds of hard manufacturing work.

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All leading manufacturers of the world are moving towards hard manufacturing with information technology to bring in efficiency.

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We don't often associate claims management and claims handling with hard manufacturing processes like steel production and electronics manufacturing.

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Only by following these principles of hard manufacturing and selling of service to the world is the UK going to have an economic future.

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While distribution centers today also employ postponement strategies, the build-to-order factory still involves hard manufacturing processes, like cutting, stamping, and laminating that are now managed by a warehouse management system.

WMS not just for warehousing anymore: as manufacturers reduce inventory and cycle times, warehouse management systems are showing up on the factory floor. (Information Management)

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Rather than an assortment of services built on a foundation of hard manufacturing, our economy is perhaps best thought of as a web of hard manufacturing, soft manufacturing, and service.