1. Technology is the aggregate of methods of processing (treatment) of different material and non-material substances.
The modern interpretation of the «technology» concept must also include the special role of human factor; informative, communication, ecological aspects. The technology must be directed on a harmonization of relations production-man-environment.
Distinctive features (signs) of technology classification are presented in a table ¹1.
Table 1 – Distinctive (classification) signs of technologies
Distinctive signs | Types of technologies |
Belonging to industry of national economy | Machine-building, metallurgy, chemical, information, educational, financial, transport etc. |
Processes of technologies | Laser, plasma, impulsive, information, legal, educational etc. |
Application domain | Scientific, educational, production |
Level of complication | Simple, difficult |
Dynamics of development | Progressive, developing, steady (óñòîÿâøèåñÿ), out-of-date, high etc. |
Requirement in resources | Capital-intensive, power-consuming, science-demanding, resource-demanding |
Setting | Creative, destructive, double-duty |
Place in the production process | Food, processed, management technologies* |
Competitive influence | Base, key, new |
Ecological estimation | Ecological clean, requiring facilities of defence of surrounding |
Recurrence | Discrete, continuous, closed-cycle (zero-emission) |
Priorities of creation | Primary, convertion |
2. The role of technologies increases today. Our age is named as «age of technologies».
The level of technologies of any enterprise make a greate influence on its economic indicators, economic stability of enterprise, on durability of its position at the market.