Mass production, also known as flow production or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially ...
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on assembly lines. Together with job production and batch production, it is one of the three main production methods.
The term mass production was popularized by a 1926 article in the Encyclopædia Britannica supplement that was written based on correspondence with Ford Motor Company. The New York Times used the term in the title of an article that appeared before publication of the Britannica article.
