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continuous production

 
 
noun [U] (also continuous processing, also flow production)

Definition

PRODUCTION a manufacturing process in which finished products are made from basic materials in one continuous process without interruption: Oil refineries, for instance, use a continuous production process, and refining equipment works twenty-four hours a day. → Compare batch production
(Definition of continuous production noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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