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 ...

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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, ...