Production Techniques And Systems Flashcards
One Off production
Are bespoke products tailored to the meet customer’s demands
Examples of one off
Wedding Dress
Wedding Cake
Tuxedo
Batch production
Where a specific quanitity of products are made
Examples of batch production
Douhnuts
Sofas
Armchairs
Mass production
Where thousands of identical products are made. Often use cad/cam.
Examples of mass production
Newspapers
Cars
Magazines
Continuous production
Where products are created non-stop 24/7 and is almost completely automated
Examples of continous production
Aluminium foil
Coca Cola
Weetabix
JIT (just in time)
Where the product goes straight from manufacturer to customer to reduce storage space
JIC (just in case)
Where only a small number of buffer stock is kept in response to increases in demand