Production process

Question 1

What is production (operations) management?

Answer 1

All the activities in managing the transformation process.

Question 2

What is production?

Answer 2

Production takes inputs and turns them into outputs and delivers these to the customer.

Question 3

Four methods of prduction

Answer 3

Lean production
Batch production
Flow production
Job production

Question 4

Job Production

Answer 4

Supplying a product to meet the exact requirements of the customer.

Question 5

Batch Production

Answer 5

Larger scale production of similar items (batches).

Question 6

Flow Production

Answer 6

Occurs when an item moves continuously from one stage of the process to another.

Question 7

Lean Production

Answer 7

An approach to production that aims to minimise waste.
Just in time (JIT)- items are ordered when they’re needed to be used.
Kaizen - continuous improvement to achieve change from small steps

Question 8

What are the different forms of waste in a business?

Answer 8

Production > demand items thrown away

Time

Faulty products

Holding stock

Question 9

How can one business be more efficient than another?

Answer 9

Machinery/technology - expensive to purchase

Motivated workers

Minimum waste

Specialisation

Question 10

What is efficiency?

Answer 10

How well a business is using its resources to produce

If a business uses a lot of inputs compared to a business which uses less to produce the same level of output then they would be inefficient and vice versa

Calculated by looking at unit costs