Industrial Awareness on scale of production

Jobbing Production

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make a specific quantitty of a product - called a batch
can be repeated as many times as necessary
you do one process oin the whole batch (e.g. cutting out)
then another process (e.g. painting the parts)
so it's quicker than making one-off products over and over again
used to manufacture load of one product (eg sofas) then change to a similar product (ie armchairs)
machinery + labour need to be flexible
down time = time between batches when machines are changed for next product
^ wastes money, because not making to sell
could also mean backlog of 1/2 made products - waiting for slowest process (eg paint drying)
= not as efficient as mass production

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making lots of the same product
the dif stages of production + manufacture, broken down into simple repetitive tasks = easy to learn
production - on a assembly line - moves for each stage
each worker only does small part of process
often uses CAM + expensive specialised equipment
recruitment is relatively easy - don't need to be highly skilled

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