A manufacturing system comprising: one or more stores (84; 80A-80C; 92) for raw materials, work-in-progress WIP, and finished goods; a plurality of manufacturing cells (40A-40F), each cell including: one or more machines (42A-42C) for manufacturing an assembly; and a programmable logic controller, PLC, for controlling the machines; one or more devices (60, 70) for moving raw material, WIP, and finished goods; and one or more servers for: communicating with the PLCs and the devices, wherein the one or more servers further have programming for: instructing the plurality of manufacturing cells to assemble finished goods from the raw materials; instructing (628, 632) the one or more devices to move said raw materials and finished goods; and just in sequence JIS, skipped assembly recovery steps for the manufacturing cells and devices, characterised in that JIS skipped assembly recovery steps comprise: instructing (728, 730) a manufacturing cell to skip manufacture of an assembly in a sequence of assemblies while manufacturing remaining assemblies in the sequence; instructing (728, 730) the loading of a shipping container with the remaining assemblies while leaving vacant a designated space in the container; and instructing (728, 730) one of the devices to take the shipping container with vacant space to a WIP store. one or more stores (84; 80A-80C; 92) for raw materials, work-in-progress WIP, and finished goods; a plurality of manufacturing cells (40A-40F), each cell including: one or more machines (42A-42C) for manufacturing an assembly; and a programmable logic controller, PLC, for controlling the machines; one or more machines (42A-42C) for manufacturing an assembly; and a programmable logic controller, PLC, for controlling the machines; one or more devices (60, 70) for moving raw material, WIP, and finished goods; and one or more servers for: communicating with the PLCs and the devices, wherein the one or more servers further have programming for: instructing the plurality of manufacturing cells to assemble finished goods from the raw materials; instructing (628, 632) the one or more devices to move said raw materials and finished goods; and just in sequence JIS, skipped assembly recovery steps for the manufacturing cells and devices, characterised in that JIS skipped assembly recovery steps comprise: instructing (728, 730) a manufacturing cell to skip manufacture of an assembly in a sequence of assemblies while manufacturing remaining assemblies in the sequence; instructing (728, 730) the loading of a shipping container with the remaining assemblies while leaving vacant a designated space in the container; and instructing (728, 730) one of the devices to take the shipping container with vacant space to a WIP store. instructing the plurality of manufacturing cells to assemble finished goods from the raw materials; instructing (628, 632) the one or more devices to move said raw materials and finished goods; and just in sequence JIS, skipped assembly recovery steps for the manufacturing cells and devices, characterised in that JIS skipped assembly recovery steps comprise: instructing (728, 730) a manufacturing cell to skip manufacture of an assembly in a sequence of assemblies while manufacturing remaining assemblies in the sequence; instructing (728, 730) the loading of a shipping container with the remaining assemblies while leaving vacant a designated space in the container; and instructing (728, 730) one of the devices to take the shipping container with vacant space to a WIP store. instructing (728, 730) a manufacturing cell to skip manufacture of an assembly in a sequence of assemblies while manufacturing remaining assemblies in the sequence; instructing (728, 730) the loading of a shipping container with the remaining assemblies while leaving vacant a designated space in the container; and instructing (728, 730) one of the devices to take the shipping container with vacant space to a WIP store.