Matching Process and Product Life Cycle Process structure Ⅱ Ⅲ W Low volume, Multiple Few major High volume,high low products,low products,higher standardization, standardization, volume volume commodity one of a kind products I Commercial Jumbled flow Void (job shop) printer Ⅱ Disconnected line Heavy flow equipment (batch) Ⅲ Connected line Auto assembly flow (assembly line) W Void Continuous flow Sugar refinery To match appropriate industry in its mature phase with the appropriate process.Matching Process and Product Life Cycle I Low volume, low standardization, one of a kind II Multiple products, low volume III Few major products, higher volume IV High volume, high standardization, commodity products I Jumbled flow (job shop) Commercial printer Void II Disconnected line flow (batch) Heavy equipment III Connected line flow (assembly line) Auto assembly IV Continuous flow Void Sugar refinery Process life-cycle stage Process structure To match appropriate industry in its mature phase with the appropriate process