Scale of Production

1. What is Mass Production?

where the item is made on a production line and can work 24/7
where the item is made as a single unit alone, QC checks happen as the single item goes through each stages of manufacture
Where a large quantity of the product is made, it does not require a skilled work force, appeals to national and international trade, Enables identical products to be made
Where the item is made around the clock, in high quantites and do not benefet from any QC checks

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Where the item is made around the clock in a large quantity
Where the product is made very slowly in a set time
Where the product is made in predetermined 'batches' and is usually in the quantity of 100-1000. And wont be made in a batch for a set time period
Where a large number of items are made within a certain time period

when the next order is placed
Only when the machinery needs mantenance, but otherwise the machinary will run 24/7
After the Product is made
When the workmen want a tea break

Where the products are made in batches of 100's or 1000's and supplied everymonth, the materials for this are kept in a warehouse and dont use JIT
Where a product is made in a large quantity, Once a month, the QC checks are at the end of the line of production and the items are similair
Where the product is made 24/7 on an assembly line, QC checks are at each station in the assembly line, there is a constant supply of products and much of the production uses the JIT
the item is made once to the product users demands

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