Product / Process Descriptions

Topic - 7

PRODUCT / PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS

INTRODUCTION

A documented expression of a set of activities performed to achieve a given purpose that provides an operational definition of the major components of a product / process is called as product / process description. The documentation specifies in complete, precise, and verifiable manner, the requirements, design, behavior, or other characteristics of process.

Sample Description - 1

A Motor Car

A motor căr known simply as a car is a four-wheeled vehicle. It is powered by a motor or engine. It is driven by liquid fuel in the form of petrol or diesel. Small cars are meant for four persons. However, bigger cars can accommodate even five or six persons. In front of the right hand side is the seat of driver. Another person can sit with him. The seats are cushioned, convenient and comfortable. At the front is the engine which is fitted under the bonnet. Every car has at least four doors. There are two headlights, one on the either side. Two headlights are fitted at the rear. A car has two separate compartments. The back part has a long seat which can accommodate three persons. Brakes, clutches and the acceler situated on the right hand side near the driver's seat. The dash-board having all the necessary equipments and signs is just in front of the driver to control the car. It contains the speedometer and the ignition switch. Generally a motor car can run comfortably at 70/80 kms or more per hour on highways. Speed beyond this limit becomes unmanageable. A motor car is no more a luxury for the middle classes. But for the crores of poor people it is beyond their reach and a distant dream. However, middle class people have these due to the rise in their income levels.

Sample Description - 2

A Wrist Watch

Almost a majority of people wear a watch these days. Worn round the wrist, mostly or the left hand, it measures time in minutes, hours etc. A wrist watch is easily available in different shapes and sizes. Some like round while others prefer flat wrist watches. Like all watches, a wrist watch too has a dial with numerals or dots. There are twelve numbers from 1 to 12 each representing an hour time. The small marks between the numbers denote minutes. A wrist watch has two hands. The bigger one denotes minutes while the shorter denotes hours. Some of the watches have a third hand too. It is a long thin hand indicating seconds. A wrist watch may be wound or automatic one. These days technology has revolutionized the very concept of a wrist watch. They have days and dates indicating systems. The day is not far when we shall have a little TV fitted into a wrist watch. One may have a choice of leather or metal or even of gold or silver while choosing a strap for the wrist-watch. Wrist watches have become an integral part of human beings, due to their utilities. They vary in price.

Sample Description - 2

A Computer

A Computer is simply a non-human but a mechanical mind. It is a machine which can process, store and preserve information. It has a wonderful memory and stores a lot of information. A human mind can err but a computer can't. Speed and accuracy are the hallmarks of a computer. A computer can execute millions of instructions within seconds. A computer can perform multifarious tasks. It can serve for calculations, billing and accounting. The greatest use of computers is its storage value. E-mailing and Internet facilities have revolutionized our life-styles. Now the whole world is connected with a network of computers. In fact, no work is done without computers these days. If you know how to use the mouse you can gather any information on the screen. The world of knowledge is before one on the computer screen. We can store knowledge in small circular discs. The use of the Internet can bring the world of sports and games, literature, world events, films and other records in front of our eyes on the screen.

Sample Description - 4

A Tractor

A tractor is basically a big motorised agricultural or farming machine. It is a big machine used for various other purposes also. It is very useful for heavy duty work like digging, ploughing, sowing seeds and transporting agricultural produce. It has a very powerful engine. It has two small wheels at the front and big wheels in the rear. The driver sits in the seat which is usually behind the open engine mounted on these wheels. The rear big wheels have big grooves to enable the tractor to move even and steady in muddy areas. The tractor pulls farming instruments like ploughs and sowing machines. It also drives the pulley of tube wells for irrigation purposes. Today tractors are used in carrying heavy weights like bricks, sand, agricultural produce etc, to different destinations. The tractors vary in sizes-small and big and very heavy and very big.

Sample Description - 5

A Refrigerator

A refrigerator is now -a-days an essential item of domestic use in every house. It is used for keeping eatables fresh because of its capacity to cool its inside. So it is a big box with ability to form ice. It has a certain height and depth. Its inside has a few compartments. There is a big door on one side of it, that is, its front. The backside of the front door has provisions for keeping eggs etc. or medicines. The electric motor called compressor is mounted at the rear of it. The refrigerator has a network of wiring at its back. These actually are thin tubes through which flows the refrigerating gas. When the refrigerator works, it forms ice in the upper compartment called freezer. The inside has wired shelves on which are kept various food items. The refrigerator keeps the inside cool at a certain temperature. The thermostat controls it. It switches off and on the electric current. Refrigerators are available in different sizes and colours.

Practice Exercises

1. Write short notes on the following.

1. Bicycle operated domestic pump. 

2. Washing machine. 

3. Toy robots. 

4. Distribution of pure water to the consumers. 

5. Manufacture of paint. 

6. Describe very briefly the process involved in the extraction of sugarcane juice. 

7. Process involved in the purification of gold. 

8. Process of extracting silver. 

9. Describe the process of planting a sapling in your college. 

10. Describe the process of opening a Savings Bank Account in a bank. 

11. Describe very briefly the process of recording a song in a cassette. 

12. Describe briefly the method of giving first aid to a person who has received an electric shock. 

13. Describe very briefly the process of making a cup of tea. 

14. Describe the process of mending the punctured tube of your two-wheeler. 

15. Describe very briefly the process involved in washing clothes.