In: Operations Management
Which of the following is considered an economic definition of manufacturing?
Select one:
a. The transformation of materials into items of greater value by means of one of more processing and/or assembly operations
. b. Engineering Evaluation
c. The application of physical and chemical processes to alter the geometry, properties, and/or appearance of a given starting material to make parts or products.
d. Marketing
Manufacturing is a process of transforming materials into finished goods. So an economic definition of manufacturing means the transformation of materials into items of greater value by means of one of more processing and/or assembly operations.
So the correct answer is option A.
Rest of them are wrong