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IN a classification of the effects which lead to economic success of industries, the ability to successfully innovate the production processes plays a dominant role. The competition in the international markets, influenced by overcapacities in the industrial countries and by growing capacities in the countries on the threshold of industrialisation, makes it necessary to be quick in presenting new products on the market while being able to produce these products in the most efficient way. To realise such consumer‐oriented production, two main conditions have to be fulfilled: