A maker of bottle caps gets orders from customers with different size, material, and thickness requirements, forcing the workers to frequently change the equipment. Flexible manufacturing will be ideal in this case because ________.
A) large numbers of the same type may be produced
B) cheaper raw material may now be used
C) the time required to set up equipment is reduced
D) customers will now agree to use caps of the same size

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Flexible manufacturing aims to reduce the time required to set up production equipment. A favorable outcome from flexible manufacturing is that a company is able to produce many more varieties of a product than before in the same amount of time. Thus, flexible manufacturing increases a company's ability to be responsive to its customers.

A Maker of Bottle Caps Gets Orders from Customers with Different