Manufacturing Firms

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Manufacturing firms produce a wide range products. Large manufacturers include producers of , cars, computers, and furniture. Many manufacturing construct only parts rather than complete, products. These suppliers are usually smaller firms, which supply parts and components larger firms. The larger firms then final products for market to consumers. example, suppliers provide many of the in personal computers, automobiles, and home to large firms that create the or end products. These larger end-product are often also responsible for marketing distributing the products. The advantages that businesses have in being able to and inexpensively control any parts of production process are known as economies scale. But small manufacturing firms may best for producing certain types of products. Smaller end-product firms are common the food industry and among artisan such as custom cabinetry.