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| Assembly line | An item is produced through a fixed sequence of workstations, designed to achieve a specific production rate. |
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| Continuous process | A process that converts raw materials into finished product in one contiguous process. |
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| Customer order decoupling point | Where inventory is positioned in the supply chain. |
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| Lead time | The time needed to respond to a customer order. |
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| Lean manufacturing | To achieve high customer service with minimum levels of inventory investment. |
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| Make-to-stock Assemble-to-order Make-to-order Engineer-to-order | These terms describe how customers are served by a firm. |
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| Manufacturing cell | Dedicated area where a group of similar products are produced. |
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| Product–process matrix | A framework depicting when the different production process types are typically used depending on product volume and how standardized the product is. |
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| Project layout | For large or massive products produced in a specific location, labor, material, and equipment are moved to the product rather than vice versa. |
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| Workcenter | A process with great flexibility to produce a variety of products, typically at lower volume levels. |