Sensing a demand, he also began making and drying ramen noodles using a production line he imported from Vietnam.

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Technologies such as the assembly line were less important for making production faster than for making it cheaper, and laborers more replaceable.

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The next step is getting prototypes into gamers hands -- she says Valve already has a production line for short runs, making a beta possible -- and iterating on design before launch.

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