“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.” — C. William Pollard
Scale – as a function of operational expanse – has emerged as a defining feature in modern industrial landscapes. This attribute remains a critical feature for commercial/industrial activity undertaken by enterprises that wish to establish presence in competitive markets. In other words, “To scale means you are able to take on the increased workload in a cost-effective manner, and meet demands of your business without suffering or overstretching.”
In this context, the classification of industries may take shape as an attempt to view different levels of industrial activity through the lens of – scale of operations, volume of output, contribution to economic value, the number of employees, and quanta of profit, potential for growth, among others. At a primary level, we may classify modern industrial activity into – large scale industry, medium scale industry, small scale industry, and micro enterprises. The agency of diagrams – such as flowcharts – enables readers to design these versions of industry through interesting visual representations.
Manufacturing activity – when viewed as a primary industry – operates through large, medium, and small scale industrial units. We may design flowcharts to plot the expanse of such activity through number of units of merchandise produced per quarter, growth in the quanta of output in similar timeframes, the diversification of product categories in said industry, and other such criteria. Segments of flowchart could spotlight comparisons between key metrics of manufacturing activity undertaken in different geographies. This attempt at classification of industries helps readers create a nuanced picture of a key version of modern industry; this image also assists planners to devise new modes of industrial expansion, while developing insights into growth of economic value generated by modern manufacturing.
Further to the above, planners and strategists could utilize flowcharts to develop projections of manufacturing activity over extended time periods. In this context, the classification of industries emerges as a visual document that helps analyze industrial activity beyond the immediate present. The inputs generated by said flowchart also assists operators to envisage growth in industrial output, and extrapolate that information with allied sets of commercial activity – such as marketing and selling manufactured goods. Such versions of flowchart could find positioning in the strategic documentation that drives momentum in modern industrial activities. Such a vision also helps expand legacy concepts that attend the classification of industries in ongoing arenas of research and investigation.
The medium scale represents an intermediate stage between large-sized industries and small enterprises. The medium scale could be viewed as a form of classification of industries that describes, for instance, the transition between large industries and small versions of modern entrepreneurial activity. Some observers note various stages of commercialized agriculture as medium scale industry; such activity – when designed inside flowcharts – could emerge as sets of connected industrial activity that allow operators to cater to a wide spectrum of buyers/clients/customers. Therefore, diagrammatic representation could indicate actions that animate the various grades of industrial activity in said category. Additionally, flowcharts may describe the impact of medium industry on value chains that permeate industrial economies in the modern age.
Acts of scaling a medium stage industrial/commercial operation could commence at interesting queries; these could pertain to finances, technology, customer expectations, the scope of a market, operational capacities, venture investment, policy support, among others. Therefore, operators could utilize flowcharts to outline such version of classification of industries in light of above factors. The emerging illustration could draw on rich sources of data/information generated by medium industries operating in global markets; the extended diagram could also feature the scope of (potential) synergies between various forms of medium industry. Such diagrams form interesting expressions of possible development that may underpin the growth of said sector in the future. Additionally, flowcharts enable planners/operators to view such industrial activity in tune with the dictates of macro-economic environments.
The small scale industry – also known as the micro-enterprise – represents a crucial tier of campaigns designed to etch the classification of industries. Observers state this version of entrepreneurial activity forms the kernel of every industrial landscape; it also supports the maximum employment generation potential in terms of economic development. Therefore, flowcharts that depict this version of classification of industries must essentially represent a multiplicity of small, varied enterprises, their operational dynamic, levels of integration into the social fabric prevalent in modern nation states, their potential to generate large-scale employment, the financial imperatives that attend successful operation of small industries, etcetera. A complex, graphical structure could therefore emerge inside flowcharts to present an expansive, granular, layered view of said mode of enterprise.
Revenue models of the modern industrial operation could serve as an interesting variant in projects that sketch the classification of industries. In this context, creators of flowchart could utilize said spaces to compare revenue generation by different categories of modern industries. The dollar value could emerge as a benchmark that drives the construction of revenue models – enabling readers to appreciate the economic value generated by such ventures. Various types of revenue models could emerge inside the flowchart, thereby describing the classification of industries in new light. Additionally, such illustrations could assist readers to appreciate the quanta of revenue generated in terms of calendar quarters. The positioning of graphs inside flowcharts helps designers etch a descriptive narrative of revenues generated through industrial activity.
Mineral-based industries – a type of large-scale industrial activity – can feature prominently in the classification of industries. This form of activity is essentially global, even trans-national in nature – considering the heavy volume of capital required to sustain such activity. Flowcharts could help readers visualize the sheer size and scale of operations, thereby helping develop a detailed narrative of economic expansion and growth in this context. These illustrations could help spotlight the major products generated by mineral-based industries, their applications in industrial and commercial processes/operations, the type of raw materials required to operate said industries, managerial ability, and the sources of finance that assist operational activity. These flowcharts could serve as blueprints that reflect progress in a very wide swathe of economic (and development) activity that operates at the heart of industrialized economies.
These lines of survey, analysis, and inference allow readers to develop an appreciation of the centrality of flowcharts in devising an ongoing classification of industries. These illustrations can serve to refresh our understanding of the primary nature of varied lines of industrial operation, and the intricacies associated with successful campaigns of planned industrial growth and expansion – thereby creating an in-depth understanding of modern economic activity. In addition, flowcharts could help forge tools that benchmark various aspects of industrial classification, and diversify the existing body of knowledge underlying the modes of such classification.
Further, designers could deploy flowcharts to describe snapshots of industry classification mediated by metrics – such as contribution to national gross domestic product (GDP). A series of these snapshots could help construct a picture of the development journey undertaken by nations, the growth of industry platforms, and the concomitant finite time-frames. In enabling these scenarios, flowcharts and their contents perform a vital function in terms of generating new insights into industrial development. Additionally, progress registered by different grades of industry – and diverse forms of emerging industrial activity – could find graphical representation inside said spaces – elevating our understanding of the growth/diversification dynamics of contemporary industrial activity.
