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PRODUCTION MASSE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Production Management
  • Work and Production
DEF

Method of organizing work used mostly in mass production but also sometimes in batch production. Successive operations on a product are carried out in such a way that work flows in a single direction through the factory or workshop, the product being passed from operator or from section to section for further work on it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Productivité et rentabilité
  • Gestion de la production
  • Travail et production
DEF

Fabrication où les produits sont obtenus à partir d'une transformation continue de la matière première.

OBS

Le passage d'un état à un autre s'effectue progressivement tout au long du processus et du cheminement des matières.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Econometrics
  • Engineering
DEF

The manufacture or processing of uniform products in large quantities, using machinery, interchangeable parts, and either a wholly automated process or a series of short, repetitive operations (division of labor).

OBS

Not to be confused with: flow-line (or flow, or line) production.

OBS

See also the record for "commercial production".

Key term(s)
  • large-quantity production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Économétrie
  • Ingénierie
DEF

Production d'une grande quantité de produits à l'aide de machines hautement spécialisées n'accomplissant chacune qu'une transformation partielle au cours du processus de fabrication.

OBS

La fabrication en série est un cas particulier de production en série.

Key term(s)
  • production en grande série
  • fabrication en grande série

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de la producción
  • Econometría
  • Ingeniería
Key term(s)
  • fabricación en gran escala
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