Production Processes Flashcards

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What is job production

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Producing each product individually

E.G. Taylor suits Porsche car manufacturing

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Advantages and disadvantages job production

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Products are normally High quality
Meeting the individual needs of the customers
The workers are satisfied

Takes a lot of time
Very costly
Need a specific skill set

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What is batch production

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Batch production is where they make a a bunch of a product and then a bunch of another product
E.G.bakery crayons tablets

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Advantages disadvantages of batch production

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Cost is reduced because goods aren’t being stored
Don’t need a specific skill set done with machinery
Meet the need of more customers

If you get one wrong the howl batch is wrong
Time taken to switch the machinery around
Less choice because could have to wait a couple of weeks to get a specific colour
Have to hold stocks which mean you have to pay for storage

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What is flow production

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Production line that is made continuously (mass production)

E.G. frozen pizza’s steel work

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Advantages and disadvantages of flow production

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Cheaper because of economy scale
Lots can be made quickly
Uses machinery

Setup cost is expensive
Have to do constant quality control checks
Bit of a boring job

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Technology

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Can be controlled by programming machines

Computers are helping with automation and is affecting jobs on the high street E.G. banks

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Robotics

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Using robots to do the repetitive tasks so dont have to pay people to do the jobs

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Production processes

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Job batch flow

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