production processes

Question 1

the importance of cost production

Answer 1

you need to keep them as low as possible

Question 2

the quality of the product and service

Answer 2

they must be of a good quality for people to use or buy them

Question 3

adding value

Answer 3

the purpose of production is so the business can add value to its products
this means ensuring sales revenue is greater than cost of production

Question 4

methods of production

Answer 4

batch
flow
job

Question 5

job production definition

Answer 5

a product is made individually from start to finish it is likely to meet a customers individual requirements often is bespoken examples are wedding cakes or dresses haircuts and landscape gardening

Question 6

job production advantages

Answer 6

high quality service/ products
skilled labor used therefore highly motivated staff-therefore meet individual customers
each item is different- high selling price

Question 7

job production disadvantages

Answer 7

cost output is high
expensive labour
difficult to speed up production

Question 8

batch production

Answer 8

a group of identical products are produced then production is stopped and re-organised order to then produce another batch
products are produced in bulk but production is not continuous

Question 9

batch production benefits

Answer 9

making in batches reduces unit costs
can still address specific customer needs e.g. size weight style
use of productivity machinery and skill can be increase output and productivity

Question 10

batch production disavantages

Answer 10

potentially de-motivate staff
need to keep stock for raw material
time lost switching between batches

Question 11

flow production

Answer 11

production is 24/7 and is creating mass production of an object or product
if a machine broke down the production line will have to stop

Question 12

advantages to flow

Answer 12

production is much more quicker and produce more products

firms can benefit from the economy of sales which should lower the cost per unit of production

capital intensive meaning it uses high propotion of machinery compare to workers so it is cheaper

Question 13

disavantages to flow

Answer 13

capital intensive it cost of money to start the business

it can be boring for workers so you must motivate them

production is inflexible and products are either the same or sightly different for ones taste

it is difficult to alter production

Question 14

evaluation of production

Answer 14

businesses wants to keep their cost low

some products need variation or to be bespoken to

Question 15

types of technology

Answer 15

robotics
computer
automation

Question 16

automation

Answer 16

production that can be controlled automatically by programming a computer to control machinery
the role of workers is to oversea the computers ensuring that production is running correctly

Question 17

computers

Answer 17

computers are helping to automate production but also to automate processes in the service sector
many people bank online and pay electonically like using apple pay

computers are used to store data for example in schools insurances flights and companies

Question 18

robotics

Answer 18

an extension of automation it computer is programmed to control a robot to do tasks
used wildly in car manufacturing
in the past it is wildly used to do unskilled and repitive tasks more recently through the development of ai robots are being used for skilled and complicated work

Question 19

disavantages to technology

Answer 19

workers are made redundant which adds to short term costs
new skilled workers may be recruited
workers need more training
machines can break down
it is expensive at first
there are security issues especially in banking

Question 20

advantages to robotics

Answer 20

machines can do boring and dangerous jobs
24/7
they do not get sick and have absent days
new technology can lead to new products
they are more accurate than humans