The main aim of flexible manufacturing is to
A)create products that can be modified easily.
B)create a standard range of products.
C)set up large workforces.
D)improve an organization's management systems.
E)reduce the time required to set up production equipment.

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Flexible manufacturing aims to reduce the time required to set up production equipment.By redesigning the manufacturing process so production equipment geared for manufacturing one product can be quickly replaced with equipment geared to make another product, setup times and costs can be reduced dramatically.

The Main Aim of Flexible Manufacturing Is to