High-Technology Batch Production Systems: Woodwards Missing Type

Abstract

The article examines Woodward's typology for classifying technology that distinguished between batch, mass and continuous-process production systems. A discussion is presented about the impact of revolutionary changes in batch production technologies. The author's present a revision of Woodward's typology of production system. Details related to the methods used in the study are presented. A discussion about the results of the comparison between traditional and technical batch operations is presented.