Forecast Sales projections by product range and optimisation of resources to use
Handling Manual or mechanical processing and moving of goods for storage, shipment or sale
Labor Workers hired in the execution of a given task
Logistics The management of material flows and resources for the production of a factory
Maintenance The sustaining or restoring equipment to a predetermined state so as to ensure its
capacity to fulfil the intended task
Manufacturer Owner of a craft or industrial production company
Multi-skilled worker A worker who has the skills to carry out tasks in one or more branches of the industry
Organised labour An organisation which ensures the collective and individual defence of workers‘
rights
Operation Ensuring the production of a material, an ore, a product or a service
Overload Exceeding of a machine or a system‘s actual capacity
Production The process of transforming a raw material into a new product
Temporary worker A worker temporarily hired by a company to fill in for an absent employee on an ad
hoc basis
Cement works A plant that is specialised in concrete manufacturing
Distillery A plant for the production of liquor-based products
Flour mill Industrial plant for the transformation of seeds into flour
Forge Workshop where metals and alloys are mechanically transformed by heat or cold
processing
Foundry A foundry is a plant used to manufacture steel in bulk, into the shape of semi-
manufactured products
Manufactures Big industrial plants, grouping in the same workshop several equipments, each of
them being controlled by a single manager, carrying out various processes for the
