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Industrial process

Industrial processes are ways of making products from raw materials using machines, factories and workers. To start any kind of industrial process, people need to plan what kinds of raw materials will be used, how the machines and workers will use those materials and how the products will be made. Once the plan is made, workers and machines can start working together to make the products. Workers may prepare the raw materials, while machines help by doing the heavy lifting and putting the pieces of the product together. The finished product is then used to make other products or to be sold to customers. Industrial processes help people get the things they need more quickly and easily than if they had to do everything by hand.
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