Production techniques and systems
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- Production Techniques and Systems
- Standardised design and components
- The same components or modular systems are used across many designs.
- Example: Electrical resistors or nuts and bolts.
- Advantages: Consistent safety and quality, speeds up product development as parts already exist.
- Disadvantages: difficult to customise, quality of product may suffer.
- Just in time (JIT)
- Parts are only received when neede in the production process and go straight to the production site rather than being stored.
- Example: On-demand publishing (e.g. greeting cards)
- Advantages: can increase efficiency and reduce waste.
- Disadvantages: cost of more frequent deliveries, fewer bulk - buying discounts.
- One-off production
- A single,uniqueproductt made by skilled workers.
- Example: complex large scale project such as a yacht.
- Advantages: high quality products.
- Disadvantages: products are higher priced.
- Lean manufacturing
- Reducing or eliminating waste in design, manufacturing, distribution and customer services.
- Example: eliminating overproduction.
- Advantages: multi skilled teams are each responsible for part of the production, which can improve efficiency as workers share their skills and expertise.
- Disadvantages: requires disruptive changes to existing processes.
- Batch production
- A set number of products are manufactured that are made in limited quantities or for a limited time.
- Example: Olympic medals.
- Advantages: could lower capital costs, reduced storage space.
- Disadvantage: downtime when reconfiguring the production system.
- Continuous production
- Manufacturing of identical high demand products, 24 hours a day.
- Example: production of glass.
- Advantages: Removes the cost of stopping and starting the production process.
- Disadvantages: may lead to staff redundancy.
- Mass production
- Efficiently and consistently producing many products at a low cost per unit.
- Example: Toy manufacture.
- Advantages: materials can be cheaper in high quantities.
- Disadvantages: initial set up price can be high.
- Standardised design and components
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