Solving discrete and process manufacturing puzzles
Figuring out whether your business leans toward discrete and process manufacturing isn't just an academic exercise—it's what dictates how you spend your money and manage your time every single day. If you're standing on a factory floor, you can usually tell which one you're looking at within about five seconds. If you see things being bolted, screwed, or snapped together, you're in the discrete world. If you see liquid flowing through pipes, vats bubbling, or powders being mixed into a slurry, you're firmly in the process camp. It sounds simple enough, but the reality for most modern businesses is a lot more tangled than a textbook definition would have you believe. ...