Vocabulario sobre el proceso de producción en inglés; En esta lección aprenderemos vocabulario relacionado a la producción de productos.
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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre PRODUCT y PRODUCE?
Un producto (product) es algo que está hecho para ser vendido, algo que se elabora a través de un proceso industrial.
Produce se refiere a productos agrícolas.
We sell a wide range of software products.
You shouldn’t believe what they say in the advertising for these products.
Local farmers and growers sell their produce at the weekly market.
I always try to buy fresh, organic produce.
Vocabulario relacionado con la producción en masa en inglés
| Vocabulario sobre proceso de producción en inglés | Significado | Traducción |
| manufacturing plant | an industrial site where goods are manufactured | planta manufacturera |
| assembly line | an arrangement in a factory where a product is made, in which workers have a specific job to complete before the next job is started by another machine/worker | línea de montaje o de ensamblaje |
| automation | the use of machines and computers in the operation without needing human intervention | automatización |
| mass production | the process of producing a lot of goods cheaply using machines | producción en masa |
| cost-effective | having good value for the amount of money paid | económico/a; rentable |
| industrial robots | a robot system used in the manufacturing; they are automated, programmable and capable of movement | robots industriales |
| workshop | a space in a building with tools and machines for repairing or making things | taller |
| handmade | made using your hands instead of machines | hecho a mano |
| craft industry | an industry where products are handmade by people who are skilled in a particular trade | industria artesanal |
| labor-intensive | needing a lot of workers to produce | trabajo intensivo |
| churn out | to produce something in large quantities often quickly or carelessly | producir |
| production lines | another term for assembly line | líneas de producción |
| assemble to order | production strategy where products ordered by customers are produced quickly and are customizable at a certain time | montaje según catálogo |
| backlog | a large number of things waiting to be done | atraso de trabajo |
Vocabulario relacionado con la capacidad y la producción en inglés
| Vocabulario | Significado | Traducción |
| output | an amount of something produced by a person, machine or factory | producción |
| productivity | a rate at which a person, company or country does useful work | productividad |
| high productivity | a large amount of output is produced with little input | alta productividad |
| capacity | a total amount that can be contained or produced | capacidad |
| full capacity | refers to the potential output that can be produced with equipment at a certain period of time | pleno rendimiento; plena capacidad |
| overproduction | producing something which is more than what is needed | sobreproducción |
| glut | oversupply of something which is more than what can be sold, needed or wanted | excedente |
| shortage | there is not enough of something | escasez |
Ejercicios de Vocabulario sobre el proceso de producción en inglés
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1.2 Completa las oraciones usando las palabras de la caja.
| capacity | glut | backlog | overproduction | labor-intensive |
| output | shortage | productivity | industrial robots | assemble to order |
- The company’s _____ is the number of things that the plant/factory produces. (output)
- The ________ of the factory if the maximum amount it can produce. (capacity)
- The factory experiences _____ because there are too many things produced. (glut)
- The demand is high, but the produced goods are not enough, so the company experiences ______. (shortages)
- ______ measures how much is produced in relation to the number of employees. (productivity)
- There are many things waiting to be done. The factory has a _____ due to few workers reporting to work this week. (backlog)
- This kind of product is _______ , which needs a lot of workers to finish it. (labor-intensive)
- The business offers _______ products, so customers have the option to customize their expected outcome. (assemble to order)
- The factory uses ______, so no human force is needed to assemble such product. (industrial robots)
Ejercicio de comunicación
- How can you compare hand-made products to factory-made ones?
- Which is more labor-intensive: hand-made or factory-made products?
- Do you think automation makes the product more expensive?
- What is your opinion about industrial robots replacing human laborer?
- Do expensive products have better quality than the hand-made ones?