Growing Profitable Revenue - The Difference Between Manufacturing and Service Organizations
Growing Profitable Revenue - The Difference Between Manufacturing and Service Organizations Manufacturing and service operations answer different questions and formulate different strategies when it comes to planning and managing the way in which their organizations operate and grow revenue. Manufacturing Industries engage in the production of goods (finished products) that have value in the marketplace. These fall under either Process Industries (flow production or continuous process production industries) or Discrete Manufacturing Industries. In manufacturing, the contact with the customer/client/actual user is rather low in terms if visibility and interactions. In general, manufacturers have a standardized way of producing goods. Goods are produced en masse in a factory or warehouse-type environment. One finished product is generally the same as the next. Service Industries include those industries that do not produce goods and instead provide services. Often in service indust...