Today's car makers assemble many cars according to the specifications of their customers. BMW, for example, assembles 1,000 cars a day in its Regensburg plant in Germany with all the customisation - from, say, dark chrome alloy wheels to Dakota leather upholstery - fitted while the car is moving down the assembly line. BMW must ensure that the process is as efficient as possible, since errors will eat straight into its profits. And this is where Aim-traded
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