Scale Of Production
- Created by: Lubomir
- Created on: 01-03-16 04:55
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- Scale of Production
- One-Off Production
- Batch Production
- Can be repeated as many times as necessary.
- One process on the whole batch
- Is used to manufacture many of one product.
- The machinery and workforce need to be flexible.
- The time between batches, when machines and tools may have to be set up differently or changed.
- This is called down time.
- This wastes money - because your not making anything to sell.
- This is called down time.
- Sometimes you get a backlog of half-made products, so it's not as efficient as mass production.
- Mass Production
- This method is used to produce thousands of identical products.
- Examples include newspapers and magazines.
- Each worker does a small pat of the process = specialization.
- Relatively expensive.
- Staff do not need to be highly skilled.
- Uses CAD/CAM.
- This method is used to produce thousands of identical products.
- Continuous Production
- Extremely expensive.
- Conditions need to be constant.
- The equipment is built to make huge amounts of only one thing.
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