Production methods
- Created by: 4-mccaio
- Created on: 17-03-19 14:08
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- Production Methods
- Job
- Features
- One-off, specialised production
- Tailor made, meets specific customer requirements
- Usually labour intensive (relies heavily on skilled workers)
- Advantages
- Can sell the product for a premium price
- Worker satisfaction is high, so more motivated
- Disadvantages
- Requires highly skilled workers which can be expensive
- Specialist equipment might be needed for one job, but not the next
- Production is slow, so customers need to be willing to wait longer
- Features
- Batch
- Features
- Groups of identical products made at the same time
- Made in batches (different colours, sizes, shapes, etc.)
- Made in stages and then assembled
- Advantages
- Workers can be put where they have the best skills
- Production levels of different products can be altered to meet demand
- Disadvantage
- Lots of storage space needed for various parts
- There will be downtime whilst the machines are being changed from making one product to another
- Features
- Flow
- Features
- Continuous production
- Usually mass production & capital intensive (relies heavily on machines)
- Advantages
- Productivity is high and so unit costs are low
- Workers can be paid low wages because they are unskilled
- Disadvantage
- Boredom for workers leads to de-motivation
- Very expensive to set up
- Inflexible production - hard to switch to change products
- Features
- Job
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