Title: Differentiate among custom, intermittent, flexible, and continuous manufacturing.
Course: Production Systems (13101-36) > Section: Examining the Designed World

Differentiation should be based on the following characteristics:

- custom manufacturing—one person making one product by hand or making one-of-a-kind products
- intermittent manufacturing—making limited quantities of a product
- flexible manufacturing—using complex machines that can quickly be adjusted to produce various products
- continuous manufacturing—making a large number of one product using mass production

Process/Skill Questions:

- What types of manufacturing typically use an assembly line?
- What are examples of products that might have been produced by the different types of manufacturing?
- What levels of training are predominant in each type of manufacturing?