Theme 2 key terms (Resource Management)

Question 1

job production

Answer 1

making 1 off items to suit each customers individual requirements

Question 2

batch production

Answer 2

make a group of products to one specification at a time

Question 3

flow production

Answer 3

continuous production of a single standardised product

Question 4

automation

Answer 4

using machines or computers to complete tasks instead of humans

Question 5

cell production

Answer 5

organising workers into small groups/cells

produce a range of different products more quickly than job production allows

Question 6

productivity

Answer 6

output per unit of input over time period
(labour productivity = output per unit of labour over time period or output per worker hour)
measure of efficiency

Question 7

production

Answer 7

output of a business

Question 8

efficiency

Answer 8

extent to which a production resources generate output without wastage
resulting in producing at lowest unit cost

Question 9

labour intensive production

Answer 9

production mainly uses labour

rather than machines or automation

Question 10

capital intensive production

Answer 10

production mainly uses machines

rather than labour