production methods
- Created by: abdul waheed shaikh
- Created on: 17-02-13 21:26
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- Production methods
- mass customization
- flexible components-often computer controlled
- flexible and multi-skilled workers
- combines low unit costs with flexibility to meet customers individual equipment
- many common components
- expensive product redesign may be needed to allow key components to be switched to allow variety
- flow production of products with many standardized components but customized diffrences
- expensive flexible capital equipment needed
- batch production
- faster production with lower unit costs than job production
- some economies of scale
- some flexibility in design of product in each batch
- labour and machinery must be flexible to switch to making batches of other designs
- high level of stocks at each production stage
- group of identical products pass through each stage together
- unit cost likely to be higher than with flow production
- flow production
- low unit costs due to working of machines, high labour productivity and economies of scale
- high steady demand for standardized products
- expensive to set up flow-line machinery
- specialized, often expensive, capital equipment
- inflexible- often very difficult and time consuming to switch from one type of product to another
- mass production of standardized products
- Job production
- single one off items
- high unit production costs
- highly skilled workrs
- wide range of tools and equipment needed
- high level of worker motivation
- time consuming
- able to undertake specialist projects or jobs, often with high value added
- choosing between these methods depends upon:
- availability of other resourses
- size of the market
- market demand exists for products adapted to specific customer requirement
- the amount of capital
- mass customization
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