flow

industrial engineering

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production systems

  • automobile assembly line
    In production system: Underlying principles

    …may be further characterized by flows (channels of movement) in the process: both the physical flow of materials, work in the intermediate stages of manufacture (work in process), and finished goods; and the flow of information and the inevitable paperwork that carry and accompany the physical flow. The physical flows…

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