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  2. Mass production - Wikipedia

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    A modern automobile assembly line. Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.

  3. Batch production - Wikipedia

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    Batch production is a method of manufacturing where the products are made as specified groups or amounts, within a time frame. A batch can go through a series of steps in a large manufacturing process to make the final desired product.

  4. Manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Manufacturing engineering is the field of engineering that designs and optimizes the manufacturing process, or the steps through which raw materials are transformed into a final product. The manufacturing process begins with the product design , and materials specification .

  5. List of manufacturing processes - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 June 2024. Manufacturing processes This section does not cite any sources.

  6. Lean manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Lean manufacturing is a method of manufacturing goods aimed primarily at reducing times within the production system as well as response times from suppliers and customers.It is closely related to another concept called just-in-time manufacturing (JIT manufacturing in short).

  7. Factory system - Wikipedia

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    Reconstructed historical factory in Žilina for production of safety matches.Originally built in 1915 for the firm Wittenberg and Son.. The factory system is a method of manufacturing whereby workers and manufacturing equipment are centralized in a factory, the work is supervised and structured through a division of labor, and the manufacturing process is mechanized.

  8. American system of manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    The American system of manufacturing was a set of manufacturing methods that evolved in the 19th century. [1] The two notable features were the extensive use of interchangeable parts and mechanization for production, which resulted in more efficient use of labor compared to hand methods.

  9. Factory - Wikipedia

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    Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another.