Scale of Production
- Created by: celline.looi
- Created on: 01-03-16 04:41
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- Scale of Production
- Continuous Production
- expensive to stop and restart process
- runs all the time
- Expensive equipments
- Designed to be very efficient
- Low cost per item
- Ex: Chocolate bar packaging
- Batch Production
- Specific Quantity
- Flexible and can be repeated
- One process at a time in batch
- Down-time waste money
- Just in time
- Materials and Components delivered as needed
- Saves storage space
- Reduce waste of materials
- Unsold product don't pile up
- May not meet customer demand
- Must be on time and fault free
- Mass Production
- identical products
- Stages broken down into repetitive tasks
- Large Quantity
- Assembly Line
- Expensive specialised equipments - CAD/CAM
- No need for highly skilled workers
- Ex: Newspaper, Magazine
- One-off
- One of a kind
- Labour Intensive
- Highly skilled Labour - expensive
- Ex: Furniture, Paintings
- Continuous Production
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