Types of Processes. We introduced the product-process matrix and four types of processes in Chapter 2--projects, batch production, mass production, and continuous production. Let us look at them more closely here and explore the implications of process choice for a firm. Projects. Projects represent one-of-a-kind production for an individual customer.
1 Minerals are inorganic as they exist naturally in the soil and water. 2  Minerals are organic as they exist in plants and animals. 3  Only plants can transform inorganic minerals into organic minerals.  Animals must eat plants or plant-eating animals to obtain their organic minerals.
There are also minerals which form both by inorganic and organic processes. For example, calcite (CaCO 3) is a common vein mineral in rocks, and also a shell-forming material in many life forms.Calcite of organic origin conforms to the above definition except for the requirement that it be inorganic.inerals are the building blocks of rocks. Geologists define a mineral as: This excludes man-made substances (e.g. synthetic diamonds), organic substances (e.g. chitin), and substances without a fixed composition which are classified as mineraloids (e.g. volcanic glass [obsidian]).