An analysis over, say, several months of demand for various products from a plant. The volume and variety are shown on a Pareto Diagram. Products are sometimes classified into runners, repeaters, and strangers. This information helps design the production method to suit the product, e.g. high volume lower value routine production on a flow line, versus occasional low volume high value manufacture which can be done in a job shop.
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