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Manufacturing strategy formulation is one of the key aspects of business to gain the competitive advantage by aligning manufacturing function with the business goals. The crucial step in manufacturing strategy formulation is a process choice due to the involvement of huge investment. Process choice concerns the determination of production system for a given manufacturing firm. Traditionally, there exist four kinds of production systems viz. Job-Shop, Batch-Shop, Mass/Assembly line, and Continuous flow. Being a long-term decision, the process choice selection should be made appropriately. Variety of criteria considered while selecting a production system. The current study tries to identify the criteria considered while selecting the most compatible production system for a manufacturing firm. An extensive literature review methodology is used to determine and collect the process choice criteria (PCC). A total of 39 …