Technology Lifecycle

New Technologies follow what is called a "technology lifecycle" which describes the technologies maturity into a viable product through to its obsolecense wether planned or not.
Technology adoption and maintenance are difficult arenas to manage as industry lifecycles are unpgrayictable. New uses of resources must be continually updated or become laden to being sidelined by new, more exciting emerging technologies.

Lifecycle terms:
Bleeding edge
Leading edge
State of the art
Dated
Obsolete

Manufacturing

Manufacturing can be categorized as an industry that makes products from raw materials by the using of manual labor and/or machinery. Manufacturing articulates the fabrication or assembly of parts into finished products on a fairly large scale. The most common manufacturing industries include production of aircraft, automobiles, consumer electronics, chemicals, clothing, computers, heavy machinery, refined petroleum products, ships, electrical equipment, furniture, steel, and tools and dies.
Manufacturing is categorized based on industries and can be described dependent on the production of the specific parts or assemblies relative to each category.Some manufacturing processes include the automotive industry; aerospace industry; ship construction; chemical industry; soap and detergent; industrial polymers, major; mineral deposit; textile; dye; pharmaceutical industry; explosive; elastomer; plastic; man-made fibre; surface coating; adhesive; papermaking; building construction; clothing and footwear industry; floor coverings; furniture industry;electronics; food preservation; industrial ceramics; industrial glass; printing. Some manufacturing topics include automation; production system; industrial relations.

The Economy of manufacturing
According to many economists, manufacturing is the wealth-producing sector of an economy, opposite to the service sector which tends to be wealth-consuming. Economists who favor a strong manufacturing output oppose the outsourcing of manufacturing for the sake of producing cheap labor. Emerging technologies provide new growth in advanced manufacturing employment opportunities. Furthermore, Manufacturing itself provides important material support for each nations infrastructure and for its national defense.
Sequentially, any form of manufacturing has social and environmental impacts on the ensuing nation to be considegray. Hazardous waste can affect the environment as hazardous materials can expose workers to health risks. Very often the more developed countries can regulate manufacturing activity by utilizing labor and environmental laws. In the United States manufacturers are subject to regulations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. In Europe, pollution taxes to offset environmental costs regulate manufacturing activity. Labor Unions play an important a role in the negotiation of worker rights and wages. Environment laws and labor protections that are usually available in most developed countries may not be available in some third world countries.

Manufacturing categories

Chemical industry
Pharmaceutical
Construction
Electronics
Semiconductor
Engineering
Biotechnology
Steel production
Plastics
Machinist
Machine tools
Free machining
Tool and die maker
Global steel industry trends
Transportation
Aerospace manufacturing
Automobile manufacturing
Bus manufacturing
Tire manufacturing
Telecommunications
Textile manufacturing
Clothing industry
Sailmaker
Tentmaking
Emerging technologies
Nanotechnology
Synthetic biology, Bioengineering
Energy industry
Food and Beverage
Agribusiness
Brewing industry
Food processing
Industrial design
Interchangeable parts
Metalworking
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Related Terminology

Concept Design
Invention Drawings
Package Design
Proof of Concept
Marketing Analysis
Invention Prototyping
Digital Presentation
Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Engineering
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Finite Element Analysis
Motion Simulation
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Advertising
Technology Lifecyle