Industry and Trade Flow Chart of a Product
McDonald’s Hamburger Flowchart


There are four primary industries that are involved in the production of making a McDonalds Hamburger. First there is the agriculture that wheats grow to produce bread. Tomatoes grow to make the ketchup. Onions to grow in the field to add died onions in the hamburger. Secondly, there is a slaughter house that kills the cow for it’s beef. Thirdly, the forest industry cuts down trees for the pulp that make the box for the hamburger to be given out in.

Second Industry include a factory that are chopped and precooked tomatoes are pumped into pulping machines, or cyclones, which separate seeds, skins, and stems from the pulp. The pulp and juice are filtered through screens and processed further into ketchup. The sifted flour is poured into an industrial Yeast is added. Mix. The dough is placed in covered metal bowls and stored in a temperature-controlled room until it rises. After the dough has fermented, it is loaded with rotating blades that cut the dough . A conveyer belt then moves the pieces of dough to a molding machine. When the dough is formed, it is conveyed to a second molding machine. From then the pans enter a tunnel oven. When baked and partially cooled the loaves are mechanically dumped from the pans onto shelves. The baking and cooling process lasts approximately 30 minutes. Onions are sorted, cleaned and processed, diced and bagged to be sent out to McDonalds. The process of beef is a cow being slaughtered at a slaughter house, sent to a facorty to be thoroughly inspected. Cleaned, packaged and sent off to McDonalds. Plastic bag process starts with a resin machine, through a heated screw, forced to mix and melt to a liquid state. Screw forces the melted resin through a die forcing it into a tube. Blowing air through the center. Travels up a tower to cool the melted plastic. Once cooled, flattened and travels down to the set of rollers. When the plastic reaches the bottom, it is wound on a large roll. Lastly, pulp and paper company takes the log and make a small box from the pulp. Dye and ink companies print the labels on the box.

The tertiary industry provides the services for the product. There are a number of tertiary industries involved. First, transportation industries ship the products to McDonalds Industries. McDonalds firm market the product once its put together. McDonalds sell the hamburger to the customers. Customers purchase hamburgers throughout the whole day. Recycling companies take the used boxes and prepare them fore other uses.

Quarternary industries is the hardest but most best industry to choose from all four. McDonald Avdertisers use this information to help them make ads for people to come eat at McDonalds. Farmers, loggers and plastic companies will also benefit from the information knowing how much more they need to produce. They help keep track of there supply.