Production methods (mass, batch, one off and jit)
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- Created on: 16-05-13 17:50
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- Production methods
- One off
- Labour and material costs are high
- To the clients specification
- High level of skills needed
- An example is a made to measure wedding dress
- Mass production
- Creates large quantities
- Made on a production line
- Often over seas
- An example are socks
- Standard methods that do not need to be changed
- Batch production
- Set quanities that are manufactured to order
- Requires high levels of design, pattern making and sampling
- Cost effective materials
- Designed to fit a rang of shapes and sizes
- An example would be 2000 jumpers for a department store
- Just in time (JIT)
- When materials arrive when needed
- A system that orders in materials when supplies are low
- One off
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