 its value and importance in systems of production. The means of production are just the forces of production, things like the instruments of production (tools, machines), methods of working (skills, co-operation between groups, division of labor), and applied knowledge (science). The mode of production is the economic structure of society that defines people’s mode of living. It consists of the means of production and the relations of production. The relations are the interactions of people to form material production of an individual good or service. All three of these combine to create every good bought and consumed by the people in a society.