Factory | Production plant
Facilitywheregoodsareindustriallymade,orprocessedAfactory,manufacturingplantoraproductionplantisanindustrialfacility,oftenacomplexconsistingofseveralbuildingsfilledwithmachinery,whereworkersmanufactureitemsoroperatemachineswhichprocesseachitemintoanother.Theyareacriticalpartofmoderneconomicproduction,withthemajorityoftheworldsgoodsbeingcreatedorprocessedwithinfactories.FactoriesarosewiththeintroductionofmachineryduringtheIndustrialRevolution,whenthecapitalandspacerequirementsbecametoogreatfo...
Facility where goods are industrially made, or processed
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. They are a critical part of modern economic production, with the majority of the worlds goods being created or processed within factories.
Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution, when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".[1]
Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to mul...