Industry

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Industry

Scope note

A group of productive or profitmaking enterprises or organizations that have a similar technological structure of production and systematically employ labor to produce value.

Broader Terms

BT↑ Industry and technology

More specific terms

NT2 ↓ Consumer goods ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Appliances ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Furnaces ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Kilns
  - NT4 ↓ Refrigerators
  - NT4 ↓ Stoves ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Cookstoves
    - NT5 ↓ Woodstoves
  - NT4 ↓ Washing machines
  - NT4 ↓ Water heaters
- NT3 ↓ Clothing ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Footwear
- NT3 ↓ Cosmetics
- NT3 ↓ Food ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Animal source foods ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Amphibians
    - NT5 ↓ Eggs
    - NT5 ↓ Fish ►
    - NT5 ↓ Honey
    - NT5 ↓ Meat ►
    - NT5 ↓ Milk ►
    - NT5 ↓ Reptiles ►
    - NT5 ↓ Shellfish ►
  - NT4 ↓ Blended foods
  - NT4 ↓ Convenience foods
  - NT4 ↓ Fortified foods ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Concentrated foods
  - NT4 ↓ High protein foods
  - NT4 ↓ Liquid nutrients
  - NT4 ↓ Perishable foods
  - NT4 ↓ Plant source foods ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Cereals ►
    - NT5 ↓ Edible wild plants
    - NT5 ↓ Flavorings ►
    - NT5 ↓ Fruit ►
    - NT5 ↓ Fungi ►
    - NT5 ↓ Legumes ►
    - NT5 ↓ Starches
    - NT5 ↓ Sugar ►
    - NT5 ↓ Vegetable oils ►
    - NT5 ↓ Vegetables ►
    - NT5 ↓ Yeast
  - NT4 ↓ Preserved foods ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Canned foods
    - NT5 ↓ Dried foods
    - NT5 ↓ Frozen foods
  - NT4 ↓ Staple foods
  - NT4 ↓ Weaning foods
- NT3 ↓ Furniture
- NT3 ↓ Handicrafts
- NT3 ↓ Jewelry
- NT3 ↓ Kitchenware
- NT3 ↓ Manufactured products
- NT3 ↓ Office equipment
- NT3 ↓ Pharmaceuticals ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Abortifacients
  - NT4 ↓ Antibiotics ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Imidocarb
    - NT5 ↓ Oxytetracycline
    - NT5 ↓ Semicarbazones
    - NT5 ↓ Sulfonamides
    - NT5 ↓ Tetracycline
  - NT4 ↓ Antimalarials ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Chloroquine
    - NT5 ↓ Quinine
  - NT4 ↓ Hypnotics and sedatives
  - NT4 ↓ Injectable contraceptives ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Depot medroxy progesterone acetate (DMPA)
  - NT4 ↓ Medicinal plants ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Coca
    - NT5 ↓ Herbs
    - NT5 ↓ Mushrooms
    - NT5 ↓ Poppies
  - NT4 ↓ Microbicides
  - NT4 ↓ Narcotics
  - NT4 ↓ Oral contraceptives
  - NT4 ↓ Spermicides ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Contraceptive creams
    - NT5 ↓ Contraceptive foams
    - NT5 ↓ Contraceptive jellies
  - NT4 ↓ Stimulants ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Cocaine
NT2 ↓ Cottage industries
NT2 ↓ Heavy industries ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Agribusiness
- NT3 ↓ Chemical industry
- NT3 ↓ Construction industry
- NT3 ↓ Fishing industry
- NT3 ↓ Metalworking industry
- NT3 ↓ Mining industry ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Diamonds
- NT3 ↓ Petroleum industry
- NT3 ↓ Rubber industry
NT2 ↓ Industrial development ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Commercialization
NT2 ↓ Industrial economics ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Industrial credit
- NT3 ↓ Industrial productivity
NT2 ↓ Industrial facilities ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Electric power plants ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Hydroelectric power plants
  - NT4 ↓ Nuclear power plants
- NT3 ↓ Factories
- NT3 ↓ Food processing facilities ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Canneries
  - NT4 ↓ Dairies
  - NT4 ↓ Slaughterhouses
- NT3 ↓ Foundries
- NT3 ↓ Fuel refineries ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Coal refineries
  - NT4 ↓ Petroleum refineries
- NT3 ↓ Industrial mills ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Sawmills
  - NT4 ↓ Textile mills
- NT3 ↓ Industrial treatment plants
- NT3 ↓ Machine shops
- NT3 ↓ Mines ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Quarries
- NT3 ↓ Repair shops
- NT3 ↓ Warehouses
NT2 ↓ Industrial management ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Industrial capacity
- NT3 ↓ Industrial efficiency
- NT3 ↓ Industrial planning ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Location of industry
- NT3 ↓ Industrial policy ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Electric power plants ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Hydroelectric power plants
    - NT5 ↓ Nuclear power plants
  - NT4 ↓ Factories
  - NT4 ↓ Food processing facilities ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Canneries
    - NT5 ↓ Dairies
    - NT5 ↓ Slaughterhouses
  - NT4 ↓ Foundries
  - NT4 ↓ Fuel refineries ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Coal refineries
    - NT5 ↓ Petroleum refineries
  - NT4 ↓ Industrial mills ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Sawmills
    - NT5 ↓ Textile mills
  - NT4 ↓ Industrial treatment plants
  - NT4 ↓ Machine shops
  - NT4 ↓ Mines ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Quarries
  - NT4 ↓ Repair shops
  - NT4 ↓ Warehouses
- NT3 ↓ Industrial security
- NT3 ↓ Inspections
- NT3 ↓ Materials handling operations
- NT3 ↓ Product development
- NT3 ↓ Product standards
- NT3 ↓ Production management ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Overproduction
  - NT4 ↓ Production increases
  - NT4 ↓ Production quotas
  - NT4 ↓ Quality control
- NT3 ↓ Production methods ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Assembly line production
  - NT4 ↓ Mass production
  - NT4 ↓ Standardization ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Standards
NT2 ↓ Industrial occupations ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Construction workers
- NT3 ↓ Electricians
- NT3 ↓ Engineers
NT2 ↓ Industrial policy ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Electric power plants ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Hydroelectric power plants
  - NT4 ↓ Nuclear power plants
- NT3 ↓ Factories
- NT3 ↓ Food processing facilities ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Canneries
  - NT4 ↓ Dairies
  - NT4 ↓ Slaughterhouses
- NT3 ↓ Foundries
- NT3 ↓ Fuel refineries ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Coal refineries
  - NT4 ↓ Petroleum refineries
- NT3 ↓ Industrial mills ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Sawmills
  - NT4 ↓ Textile mills
- NT3 ↓ Industrial treatment plants
- NT3 ↓ Machine shops
- NT3 ↓ Mines ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Quarries
- NT3 ↓ Repair shops
- NT3 ↓ Warehouses
NT2 ↓ Industrial research ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Industrial surveys
NT2 ↓ Industrial technology ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Industrial equipment ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Construction equipment ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Cranes (machinery)
    - NT5 ↓ Earthmoving machinery
  - NT4 ↓ Conveyors
  - NT4 ↓ Drums (containers)
  - NT4 ↓ Industrial machinery
  - NT4 ↓ Mining equipment
  - NT4 ↓ Printing presses
- NT3 ↓ Industrial processes ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Blending
  - NT4 ↓ Dyeing
  - NT4 ↓ Erosion processes ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Boring
    - NT5 ↓ Drilling
    - NT5 ↓ Grinding
    - NT5 ↓ Scouring
  - NT4 ↓ Forming processes ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Compacting
    - NT5 ↓ Corrugating
    - NT5 ↓ Pelleting
  - NT4 ↓ Handicrafts
  - NT4 ↓ Heat treating ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Pasteurization
  - NT4 ↓ Leaching ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Bleaching
  - NT4 ↓ Logging
  - NT4 ↓ Manufacturing
  - NT4 ↓ Metallurgical processes ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Blacksmithing
    - NT5 ↓ Metalworking
    - NT5 ↓ Smelting
    - NT5 ↓ Steelmaking
    - NT5 ↓ Welding
  - NT4 ↓ Mining
  - NT4 ↓ Packaging ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Bottling
    - NT5 ↓ Canning
  - NT4 ↓ Plating
  - NT4 ↓ Pulping
  - NT4 ↓ Sterilizing
  - NT4 ↓ Storing
  - NT4 ↓ Tanning
  - NT4 ↓ Textile processes ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Sewing
    - NT5 ↓ Spinning
    - NT5 ↓ Tailoring
    - NT5 ↓ Weaving
  - NT4 ↓ Waterproofing
  - NT4 ↓ Woodworking
NT2 ↓ Industry reorganization
NT2 ↓ Light industries ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Food industry
- NT3 ↓ Paper industry
- NT3 ↓ Textile industry
- NT3 ↓ Wood industry
NT2 ↓ Service industries ►▼
- NT3 ↓ Information industry ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Printing industry
  - NT4 ↓ Publishing industry
- NT3 ↓ Insurance industry ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Health insurance ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Health maintenance organizations
- NT3 ↓ Public services ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Electric utilities
  - NT4 ↓ Utilities ►▼
    - NT5 ↓ Electric utilities
    - NT5 ↓ Water utilities
- NT3 ↓ Publishing industry
- NT3 ↓ Tourist industry ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Ecotourism
- NT3 ↓ Transportation industry ►▼
  - NT4 ↓ Airlines
  - NT4 ↓ Bus lines
  - NT4 ↓ Railroads
  - NT4 ↓ Shipping lines

Related terms

RT⇆ Sector restructuring
RT⇆ Technology

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Date of creation

23-Oct-2015

Accepted term

23-Oct-2015

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