Meanings
- uncountablebusinessThe production of one or a very small number of customized made-to-order goods for a single customer.
All companies working with series and job production state that they are using ramp-up management.
2010, Thorsten Blecker, Wolfgang Kersten, Christian Lüthje, Innovative Process Optimization Methods in Logistics, →ISBN, page 4112 more examples
Many organizations start with job production and, as they develop and become larger, move to batch production and finish up with flow production.
1994, David Needham, Robert Dransfield, Business Studies, →ISBN, page 416Good examples of job production would be a specially designed wedding ring or made-to-measure suits or the Yangtze dam in China.
2015, Peter Stimpson, Alex Smith, Business Management for the IB Diploma Coursebook, →ISBN, page 470Synonyms: jobbing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe production of one or a very small number of customized made-to-order goods for a single customer.
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