Let’s face reality—the people in marketing cannot accurately predict the future. As a result, there is always a difference between what was built and what customers actually buy. Those with assembly ...

Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...

Batch processing, or batch production, is a scaled-down version of assembly line production. Products are produced in groups instead of in continuous streams as they are on assembly lines. However, ...