Types of production As+ Ds for GCSE Business studies

Also called one off production this is where you produce a one of a kind product or service which is designed / choosen by the customer for example a wedding dress which is to the excate measurments of the wearer

Advantages 

• it is a high quality prodcut 
• requires a high level of skill to produce - and you have to pay for this as well as the fact it is excatly what the customer wants so you supply want is wanted 
• as it is hhigh cost your breakeven number of sales is lower
• motivational as you see something from the start to end of production so the work will be even better 

Disadvantages 

• takes a long time to make 
• high cost to the consumer puts people off 
• harder to achieve economies of scale as you may need different raw materials

BATCH - like making cake or biscuits is a good way to think about this type of production

Advantages 

• you can make more than one product in  a given amount of time 
• economies of scale as you need more raw materials that are the same
• allows you to make similar products that only need small changes for example a batch of lemon cakes and one batch of chocolate ones

Disadvantages

• if you mess one product up then it is likely you have messed the whole batch up for example if the temp was too high in the oven when making cakes
• may need expensive specialist equipment
• may get varying quality products
• can take a long time to switch to making something different

newspapers are made using this type of production , this is production on a large scale. Process production is where the product you are making goes through  a process for example petrol

Advantages

• highly automated so you get consistency in the product as there is no human error
• lots can be made very quickly - so may be able to deal with demand best 
• lots is made so purchasing economies of scale is possible
• low cost the the customer due to economies of scale

Disadvantages 

• the cost of the equipment is very high
• if there is a problem in the plant then production may be halted completely
• could be a low quality product