1.6 Type Of Production

Question 1

What is one- off production?
Always known as job production

Answer 1

Products which are made unique, more expensive, as well as harder to produce as it is on smaller scales, more time consuming
Examples: personalises suit, fitted wardrobe, altered clothing

Question 2

What is batch production?

Answer 2

Manufacturing processes are carried out simultaneously on the number of products in order to make the process more efficient and cost-effective.
Examples: pottery, wooden furniture and high quality loudspeakers

Question 3

What is mass production?

Answer 3

This is when you divide up, the tasks needed in order to must produce a product in large quantities, using a sequence of stages, this is large scale production
Examples: TVs, cameras, clothes, mobile phones

Question 4

What is continuous production?

Answer 4

Continuous production is the constant production of products, which are always in demand, usually large scale production with a high set up cost
Example: toilet, paper clothes, food

Question 5

What is quick response manufacturing? QRM

Answer 5

This is the amount of time taken to respond to orders for a part or a product this is known as lead time. one of the methods of reducing QRM is a strategy for drastically, reducing the time between a product to be in a concept and being completed.
The whole strategy is focused on going through design process and developing products to meet. Customers needs quickly.

Question 6

What is vertical in-house production?

Answer 6

This is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company. Those statues for vertical in-house productions set up their manufacturing in such a way that they minimise the need for external suppliers.
Advantages:
Reduce the risk of unexpected price increases, easier to implement quality assurance strategies
Disadvantages:
Reduction in flexibility , increase in administration