Food production

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  • Created by: A.Chal
  • Created on: 30-04-14 09:56
Food Production
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Jobbing/One-off
Individual pieces, eg hand decorated cakes, often made to specifications, uses specialised equipment, expensive compared to mass production
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Mass production
Large quantities of products, eg frozen products
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Batch production
1st: Cost is lower, higher skilled, When specific numbers of certain products are required, varies from a few dozen to several thousand, eg bread made in batches on daily basis
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Continuous flow
2nd: Usually runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Rarely stops, aims to produce maximum volume each day, output expresssed in weight or volume of goods. Machinery specialised equipment costs, high manual labour.
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Jobbing/One-off

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Individual pieces, eg hand decorated cakes, often made to specifications, uses specialised equipment, expensive compared to mass production

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Mass production

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Card 4

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Batch production

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Continuous flow

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Roisin

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well done amar :)

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