discrete manufacturing:
"Production of distinct items such as automobiles, appliances, or computers."

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Definitions of terms related to discrete manufacturing:

• Cellular manufacturing
• Closed-loop manufacturing system
• Flexible manufacturing
• flow manufacturing
• manufacturing execution system (MES)
• manufacturing instructions
• manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)
• process manufacturing
• Repetitive manufacturing