Flexible Manufacturing Emphasizes

question 55

Multiple Choice

Flexible manufacturing emphasizes

• A) high-volume output of mass-produced products.
• B) the cost advantages of an intermittent system with the customer-oriented advantages of a continuous system.
• C) the learning curve is longer since technology is automated.
• D) economies of scope over economies of scale.
• E) economies of scale over economies of scope.

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