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When we think about how much food products are from, then big industries strike in our mind. What happened inside those big industries will answer the question of the difference between manufacturing and production. Questioning yourself only gives the answers and leads you to a greater path. Like many words we confuse the term manufacture and process though they are the same in verbs but both have very unique processes in terms.
People who are in the field of industries must know about the difference between manufacturing and production. Then only they know the actual working process and its reasons.
Manufacturing vs Production
The main difference between manufacturing and production is that manufacturing convert only raw materials and production can convert all type of materials. Manufacturing is something that only transfers certain types of raw materials into valuable products. For example, the conversion of limestone into cement. But production is something that creates or provides valuable and helpful products from all types of inputs. It is not easy to convert things like copy paste. It needs hard work and many things in the list.
Manufacturing machinery and manual are major things and we call them essential one. But production won’t depend on machinery like manufacturing. Comparing both you get a solid truth of both things. Manufacturing needs many pre requisite but production is not like that.
The product from production is just a utility but products from Manufacturing is hard work of man-machine setup. In simple manufacturing is a process covert work in process into tangible product in nature. in opposite production is something different from manufacturing which uses the utility to give a valuable output with all type of tangible inputs
Comparison Table Between Manufacturing and Production
| Parameters of Comparison | Manufacturing | Production |
| Definition | It is a process which Convert or create consumption only tangible raw materials into useful or valuable goods | It is a process which Convert or transfer all type of inputs into valuable goods and services |
| Concept of terms | It gets the raw material from somewhere and convert it into products | The company have the ownership of raw materials |
| Output | Only goods are the output and need more industrial work need here | Both goods and services are got us output and need no much work |
| Requirement | It needs massive machinery, manual and material set to produce a goods | It doesn’t depend on any machinery and only depend on utility. |
| Inclusions | Not every production is coming under manufacturing | But every manufacturing comes under the production |
What is Manufacturing?
Manufacturing means the goods are manufactured only from tangible products. It is a multi-level process to get the final result. The materials undergo various levels and tests.
The small industries are a good example here. The resources from somewhere are changed into goods by a large margin. It is simply called large scale production of goods.
The wholesale buyer buys this large amount of goods from factories and sells them to customers in small quantities. It is a process of production of goods using massive machinery manual and various tools. Here biological, chemical and physical reactions are done to produce the products. Simply, the process begins with how the product designed and the usage of materials and selection are done accordingly. Since it depends mainly on man and machine power the coordination is the main thing to give the output. Without that manufacturing is difficult to do. The process here is quite large and make more time to get the output. It needs lot of manual work and machinery work to show the output. Some big manufacturers are Hindustan, nestle, etc. Manufacturing needs many prerequisites to satisfy before starting the process. Or else the output won’t be effective.
Goods from manufacturing sold instantly may be later on time. Large scale industries come under this category. In the future the method of Manufacturing changes with various new technologies which might leads less manual and more machinery dependent work all over manufacturing needs more work to get a crisp output.
What is Production?
Production means for consumption of goods and services by all types of inputs. The primary function of productions is addressing efficiency and using the resources accordingly for products as in need. It is a process of combining various inputs to give or create a valuable output. Simple production is an act of creating output of goods and services by combining things. The tangible services are nothing but services of doctors, employers and lawyers. So, production gives all types of outputs. Production doesn’t create matter itself but it is made by the available resources from nature. Both engineering industries and industrial industries come under manufacturing.
The economists make four different classifications by means of production.
They are:
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
- Entrepreneurship
Simple production is actively converting the input of all types into goods as humans want or need. The function behind is simple, that is giving goods by combining things. Even many factories and industries are available we go with instant output so production give a instant output as how human want. Future technologies can make more innovation in this process to lead more efficient in production.
Main Differences Between Manufacturing and Production
The main difference between manufacturing and production is manufacturing depend on machinery while production is not depend on machinery instead it is a process of utility.
- In Manufacturing the output is tangible but in production output may in both of tangible and intangible products
- Manufacturing transfers raw materials into goods Production converts input into output.
- Manufacturing machinery and manual is essential. Production may or may not depend on machinery.
- The products from manufacturing are must in ready to use formats and need to be sold as soon as possible. But production is the process of using the utility.
- In manufacturing the raw materials are collected from outside and need time but in its production there is no need or procurement of raw materials as I already said that the company owns.
- Based on the technical view, production has a broad spectrum of scope while manufacturing has limited scope.
- The goods from manufacturing are suitable to use but the production is the utility of things.
- Men-machine is essential in manufacturing but men are enough in production.
Conclusion
“Manufacturing is massive and production is simple”
Manufacturing needs massive machinery and things to give the goods, but production has no connection with machinery and manual; it simply uses utility.
In today’s technical world the products before reaching the outcome need to satisfy all the levels and tests to score high in marks. Manufacturing is something related to that. Production leads to some quality on the basis of utility. Adding that production is only adding quality to input and giving you a tasteful output while manufacturing is undoubtedly different from production. So, it is a process of doing things from scratch.
Knowing things in depth can make you work better in your field when compared to your colleges.
References
- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/eb054796/full/html
- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09564230510601378/full/html