Product designed, engineered, and built to a customer's wants after receipt of the order. Unique product every time.

Product designed, engineered, and built to a customer's wants after receipt of the order. Unique product every time.

• A. Engineer to Order
• B. Intermittent Processes
• C. Repetitive Processes
• D. Job Shop Production

Answer: (A)

This item tests the concept of Engineer to Order. In this approach, the product is designed and engineered to meet a customer’s exact specifications after the order is received, so each item is unique. It requires close collaboration with the customer, customized design work, and engineering before fabrication. This differs from high-volume, standardized production (repetitive or continuous) where products are the same each time, and from a job shop, which handles varied jobs but doesn’t necessarily start from scratch with new engineering for every order.

This item tests the concept of Engineer to Order. In this approach, the product is designed and engineered to meet a customer’s exact specifications after the order is received, so each item is unique. It requires close collaboration with the customer, customized design work, and engineering before fabrication. This differs from high-volume, standardized production (repetitive or continuous) where products are the same each time, and from a job shop, which handles varied jobs but doesn’t necessarily start from scratch with new engineering for every order.