What Is the Difference Between Soft Manufacturing and Flexible Manufacturing

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between soft manufacturing and flexible manufacturing?

• A) Soft manufacturing emphasizes smaller groups of machines than flexible manufacturing does.
• B) Flexible manufacturing has been shown to be more effective than soft manufacturing.
• C) Soft manufacturing is based on the idea that machines can generally do better work than humans, while flexible manufacturing is based on the opposite assumption.
• D) Flexible manufacturing emphasizes efficiency, while soft manufacturing emphasizes effectiveness.
• E) There are no differences between the two concepts.

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