Flexible machine cells cannot be used for mass customization Indicate

QUESTION

Flexible machine cells cannot be used for mass customization

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

ANSWER

FALSE
The term mass customization has been coined to describe the ability of companies to use flexible manufacturing technology to reconcile two goals that were once thought to be incompatible—low cost and product customization. Flexible machine cells are a common flexible manufacturing technology. A flexible machine cell is a grouping of various types of machinery, a common materials handler, and a centralized cell controller (computer). Improved capacity utilization and reductions in work in progress (i.e., stockpiles of partly finished products) and in waste are major efficiency benefits of flexible machine cells