It studied the cheapest methods of production and shut down mills that were poorly equipped or disadvantageously located.
它研究了最便宜的生产方法，并关闭了设备简陋或位置不利的工厂。
艺术巨作揭秘
Mass icon production, meant they were also made by a team of anonymous artists, something he would later mimic with his assembly line method of production.
大量的图标生产，意味着它们也是由一个匿名的艺术家团队制作的，这是他后来用流水线生产方法模仿的东西。
英语百科
Methods of production
Production methods fall into three main categories: job (one-off production), batch (multiple items, one step at a time for all items), and flow (multiple items, all steps in process at once for separate items).