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Glossary

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Repetitive Manufacturing

Repetitive Manufacturing is a category of discrete manufacturing. It covers production of the same product using the same method. Automated production lines are typical in repetitive manufacturing. Production planning can be reduced to the single decision – shall we switch the line on or off?

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