efficiency Flashcards

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what is larbour intensive

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uses more workers and less machinery

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example of labour intensive business

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NHS as needs very skilled workers to carry out soultions to patients health

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adv of labour intensive business

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humans can be retrained and can carry out new tasks wheras machine has to replaced

suggest ways to improve quality
solve any problems that airse

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dis of labour intensive firms

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harder to mange people than machines e.g emotions

can be unreliable e.g call of sick

need rest breaks ad holidays during work

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capital intensive frim

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use more machinery rather then people

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adv of capital intensive frims

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can operate 24/7

easier to manage dont have feelings

often more precise therefore imporving quality levels

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dis of campital intensive firmss

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high intital investment
expensive to buy and hard to maintain

usually only suited to one task meaning inflexible

break down then the whole production processs stops, huge delay, could lose out on sales, could ause bad reputation

fear of being replaced by machine could cause bad motaivtion for works and bad job security, decrease in producivity

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