manufacturing and production

Question 1

commerical production

Answer 1

covers full range of production strategies from custom products produced manually to mass-produced objects that are manufactured by thousands

Question 2

manually production

Answer 2

high skilled
qualified and experienced labour

Question 3

mass production

Answer 3

large quanities of similar goods , minor variations
low-skilled labour
high-tech atomated machinery

Question 4

other types of production

Answer 4

one-off cutome production: specifically tailored to meet individual needs of client
small-scale production: limited quantities and small variations in each product - enables more specialised use of labout, increased automation and lower costs

Question 5

what is CAD

Answer 5

computor aided design

Question 6

what is CAM

Answer 6

computor aided manufacture
- adv: speed with which machinery can be altered to produce different goods
- time + cost in changing = not economical
- quick, low cost alternative
- 3D printer - prototyping