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Manufacture Collegium
The Manufacture Collegium (Мануфактур-коллегия) was the Russian government body created by Peter I in 1717 to supervise the empire's factories, first headed by Yakov Bruce.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the physical or chemical transformation of materials and components into new products, a sector worth $15.0 trillion in 2022 and led by China and the United States.
Manufacturing Consent
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky (Pantheon, 1988), argues US media serve elite interests via five structural filters: ownership, advertising, sourcing, flak, anticommunism.
Manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing engineering, also known as production engineering, is the engineering discipline that plans, develops, and optimizes production processes and designs manufacturing tools and equipment, from product design to shop-floor execution.
Manufacturing execution system
A manufacturing execution system (MES) is an information system that monitors and controls complex manufacturing systems and data flows on the factory floor, from order release to finished product delivery.
Manufacturing in Brazil
Manufacturing in Brazil is the country's largest industrial activity, generating R$6.0 trillion in 2023, led by food processing and concentrated in São Paulo, though it has deindustrialized since the 1980s.
Manufacturing in Canada
Manufacturing in Canada is the economic sector that transforms materials into goods in factories, generating $931.2 billion in revenue and employing about 1.85 million people in 2024.
Manufacturing in China
Manufacturing in China is the industrial sector of the People's Republic of China, the world's largest manufacturer, with about 30% of global output and a $4.8 trillion value added in 2025.
Manufacturing in France
Manufacturing in France, the branch of the economy producing manufactured goods, generated €276 billion of value added in 2023, employed 2.9 million people, and is led by agrifood and aeronautics.
Manufacturing in Germany
Manufacturing in Germany is the production of goods by German establishments, generating about a fifth of gross value added and employing 5.5 million people in 2024.
Manufacturing in India
Manufacturing in India is the sector of the economy producing goods, contributing roughly 13 to 16 percent of value added against a 25 percent policy target set in 2014.
Manufacturing in Italy
Manufacturing in Italy is the sector producing goods in factories and workshops, the 8th largest in the world and 2nd in Europe, generating about 15% of GDP.
Manufacturing in Japan
Manufacturing in Japan is the sector of the Japanese economy producing goods from automobiles and machinery to chemicals and electronics, about one-fifth of GDP and 10 million jobs.
Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
Manufacturing in the United Kingdom is the sector transforming materials into goods, generating £216.8 billion of value added in 2023 and employing 2.6 million people.
Manufacturing in the United States
Manufacturing in the United States is the production of goods by factories, which in 2023 produced $2.8 trillion in value added and ranked second in the world behind China.
Manufacturing readiness level
A manufacturing readiness level (MRL) is a ten-point measure of manufacturing maturity, developed by a US Defense Department and industry working group beginning in 2004.
Manufacturing simulation
Manufacturing simulation is the computer-based modeling of production processes and systems, using discrete-event models to test designs and optimize throughput, bottlenecks, and machine utilization before physical implementation.
Manufacturing Technology Centre
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an independent applied research organization in Coventry, England, founded in 2010 to help UK manufacturers adopt advanced manufacturing technologies.
Manufacturing USA
Manufacturing USA, originally established in 2014 as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, is a U.S. network of 18 manufacturing innovation institutes advancing technologies and training workers.
Manufahi Kingdom
Manufahi (Reino de Manufahi) was a kingdom on the south coast of Timor, in present-day Timor-Leste, remembered for the last great Timorese rebellion against Portuguese rule.
Manugye Dhammathat
The Manugye Dhammathat (မနုကျော် ဓမ္မသတ်) is a Burmese law code compiled under King Alaungpaya at the start of the Konbaung dynasty, the best known of Burma's dhammathats.
Manuha
Manuha (မနူဟာ) was the Mon king of Thaton whom King Anawrahta of Bagan defeated in 1057; in captivity at Bagan he built the well-known Manuha Temple at Myinkaba.
Manuk Abeghian
Manuk Abeghian (Մանուկ Աբեղյան, 1865–1944) was an Armenian philologist and folklorist who led the 1921 reform of Armenian orthography and edited the national epic Daredevils of Sassoun.
Mānuka honey
Mānuka honey is honey made by bees from the nectar of the mānuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium), a high-priced New Zealand export subject to a government export definition.
Manukau City
Manukau City was a territorial authority in southern Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 1965, which grew into the country's third largest city before merging into Auckland Council in 2010.
Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation, also known as the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, is a Canadian multinational insurer and asset manager serving over 37 million customers across 25 markets.
Manumission
Manumission, the freeing of individual enslaved people while slavery itself continues, distinct from emancipation; practiced in Rome, Greece, and the Americas, often conditional, with rates varying by society and era.
Manunggul Jar
Manunggul Jar: a National Cultural Treasure secondary burial jar in earthenware, 890–710 BC, 66.5 x 51.5 cm, from Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan, with a ship-of-the-dead lid of two figures rowing to the afterlife.
Manuport
Manuport: an unmodified natural object, usually a stone, carried by humans to an archaeological site; term introduced by Mary Leakey for Olduvai material, contested there as natural deposition.
Manure
Manure: livestock feces and urine mixed with bedding, used since Neolithic times as fertilizer supplying nitrogen, phosphorus, and soil organic matter; matches synthetic fertilizer yields at equal plant-available N but risks phosphorus loading and greenhouse gas emissions.