Production of a business

Question 1

Types of production

Answer 1

Job production
Flow production
Batch production

Question 2

Job production definition

Answer 2

Where items are made individually and is customisable to the customers wants

Question 3

Job production advantages

Answer 3

Motivated
High quality, good satisfaction
Can charge higher prices

Question 4

Job production disadvantages

Answer 4

High cost, labour cost, equipment cost
and very labour intensive
Required skilled specialised employees

Question 5

Flow production advantages

Answer 5

Automated machines saves some time
Runs 24/7
Consistent shared quality (no errors)
Low labour skills needed

Question 6

Flow production disadvantages

Answer 6

Demotivated, repetitive, high labour turnover
Not flexible
If one machine breaks the whole thing breaks down
Also expensive hard to replace this machine

Question 7

Batch production advantages

Answer 7

Very similar same quality
Flexible production
Quicker production, producing multiple items at once,
Low costs, bulk materials and labor are more affordable

Question 8

Batch production disadvantages

Answer 8

Large stock of raw materials needs to be kept, high storage cost
Low motivation repetitive
Idle time, it due to machinery changeovers
Errors can be costly. An undetected quality error can ruin a whole batch

Question 9

Batch production definition

Answer 9

When one product is made in groups simultaneously

Question 10

Flow production definition

Answer 10

Continuous mass production in an assembly line