When designing production facilities, designers generally find that:
A) automated machinery is severely limited in flexibility regarding product variety and sizes.
B) general-purpose machines require skills that are built into a special-purpose machine.
C) they have to choose between low-output specialized machinery and higher-output, general-purpose machines.
D) all of the above
E) two of A, B, and C

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Designers often face trade-offs between specialized machinery, which is less flexible but more efficient for specific tasks, and general-purpose machines, which offer more flexibility but may have lower output for specific tasks. Automated machinery can indeed be limited in flexibility (A), and general-purpose machines often require additional skills not built into specialized machines (B).

When Designing Production Facilities, Designers Generally Find That