Topic 3.1
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- 3.1 summary
- Different methods of production
- Job
- What it is:
- Job production is when a business makes one product at a time from start to finish.
- Advantages
- High quality
- Products can be custom
- Can lead to a competitive advantage
- Provides jobs.
- Disadvantages.
- Labour intensive
- Not as many orders can be fulfilled as flow prodution
- Higher wages/salaries
- What it is:
- Flow
- What it is:
- Flow production is when a business uses machinery to make identical products on an assembly line.
- Advantages.
- Quick production
- Identical products
- Lower production costs
- Allows for specialisation.
- Disadvantages
- One mistake can ruin the whole line.
- Work is boring.
- Orders cannot be changed.
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- Start-up costs are high
- What it is:
- Job
- Efficiency
- Lean production
- Kaizen
- Continuous improvement.
- When each employee reflects on the day and suggests small improvements.
- TIMWOOD
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Motion
- Waiting
- OverProduction
- Over processing
- Defects
- Just in time production
- When a business produces a product only when one is ordered.
- Allows for customisation
- Can be stressful if a product defects.
- Reduced stock being held.
- Reduces over production and therefore waste.
- Kaizen
- The balance of using the minimum amount of resources for the maximum amount of goods.
- Employee relations.
- Needs motivation
- Needs good employee-manager relationships.
- Need to be honest.
- Will to improve.
- Lean production
- Different methods of production
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