2.4.1 Production, productivity and efficiency

Question 1

What are the 4 production methods?

Answer 1

Job
Batch
Flow
Cell

Question 2

What is job production?

Answer 2

Producing one item at a time as ordered by the customer to meet specific preferences

Question 3

What’s an advantage and disadvantage of job production?

Answer 3

A- Higher profit margin for bespoke products
D-Requires skilled staff so labour cost is high

Question 4

What’s batch production?

Answer 4

Groups of the same product are produced, before moving on to a group of different products

Question 5

What’s an advantage and disadvantage of batch production?

Answer 5

A-can make a variety of products with different features
D-time consuming when switching between batches

Question 6

What is flow production?

Answer 6

a product is created in a series of stages on.an assembly line

Question 7

What’s 2 advantage and disadvantage of flow production?

Answer 7

A-economies of scale
A-Highly automated so low labour cost
D-Machinery can be expensive so high start up

Question 8

What is cell production?

Answer 8

Work place is divided into cells. Each cell contains multi-skilled teams each responsible for a particular part of the production process

Question 9

What is an advantage and a disadvantage of cell production?

Answer 9

A- High efficiency as specialists focus on each part
D-Labour cost high as more human involvement and skilled staff needed