Methods Of Production

Question 1

The method of production will depend on:

Answer 1

The product and quantity required, skill and expertise of workforce, size of organisation and size of market, finance available to the organisation, technology available

Question 2

Job production

Answer 2

Concentrates in producing one product from start to finish by a single worker or team. Once one product is done another can begin.

Question 3

Batch production

Answer 3

A number of similar or identical products produced in groups, where the batch is completed before another one is started.

Question 4

Flow production

Answer 4

Mass manufacturing where a product goes from stage to stage on an assembly line, with parts being added to it at each stage. Once it has reached its final stage, the product is fully assembled.

Question 5

Labour intensive production

Answer 5

One where the organisation relies more heavily on its workforce than on machinery to complete production

Question 6

Capital intensive production

Answer 6

Where the production system places more emphasis on machinery and other capital equipment than it does on labour, then it is said to be capital intensive

Question 7

Automation

Answer 7

Product is made fully automatically

Question 8

Mechanisation

Answer 8

Labour and machines working together