I wrote an article based on my experience designing and building machine learning pipelines in Amazon Alexa & Amazon Advertising as well as consulting startups & individuals. Have a read to get an overview of what an ML pipeline is, why build one and a few points to keep in mind depending on the stage your company or team or project is in.
https://blog.barac.at/how-machine-learning-pipelines-evolve-based-on-your-business-maturity