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‘Process’ industries make such products as paper, electricity, steel and petrochemicals. In these industries the men do not work directly on the product but control the process machines within which input materials are converted into products which meet required specifications.
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Bainbridge, L. (1978). The Process Controller. In: Singleton, W.T. (eds) The analysis of practical skills. The study of Real Skills. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6188-6_12
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