Definition

Noun: A systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations, actions, or steps, designed and carried out to produce, manufacture, or transform something on a large scale.

Usage

This term is used to describe the organized, often complex, methods used in factories and plants to create goods or materials from raw inputs. It emphasizes the planned, sequential, and technical nature of manufacturing and production.

Examples

• The industrial process for refining crude oil into gasoline involves several stages of distillation and treatment.
• Automating the industrial process significantly increased the factory's output while reducing errors.
• Environmental regulations often focus on minimizing waste generated by the industrial process.

Advanced Usage

• "To streamline an industrial process": To make a series of manufacturing operations more efficient and less wasteful.
  • The company hired consultants to streamline its industrial process and cut costs.
• "Industrial process control": The application of control systems to manage and regulate industrial processes for consistent output.
  • Her expertise is in industrial process control for chemical plants.

Variants and Related Words

• Process (n): A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end. (A more general term; an is a specific type of process).
• Manufacturing process (n): Often used synonymously with , with a strong emphasis on the creation of finished goods.
• Industrial engineering (n): The branch of engineering concerned with the optimization of complex processes or systems, including industrial processes.

Synonyms

• Manufacturing procedure
• Production method
• Technical operation

Related Phrases

• Industrial process design: The planning and creation of a new series of manufacturing operations.
  • The team's work on industrial process design was awarded a patent.
• By-product of an industrial process: A secondary or incidental product created during the primary manufacturing process.
  • Sulfur dioxide is sometimes a harmful by-product of the industrial process for smelting metals.

Noun

1. a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something