Horizontal integration. A diagram illustrating horizontal integration and contrasting it with vertical integration. Horizontal integration is the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger. The process can lead to monopoly if a company captures the vast majority of the market for that product or service.
10 things invented by women. Clothes wringer/mangle. In 1880, an African-American woman named Ellen Elgin invented the clothes wringer. Sadly, she never made a fortune, selling her patent rights for a pittance because she believed if white women knew the wringer was invented by a black woman they wouldnât want it. Suspension bridge supports. Invented in 1811 by Sarah Guppy, 41, from Birmingham, UK. Windscreen Wipers.
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) (the only legitimate child of the famous British - poet Lord Byron) did not make computers. She is credited however with writing the first computer pr â¦ ogram. Lance Rasmussen