Vc

Question 1

What at the three production methods

Answer 1

• Job production : one-off productioneach item might hare particular specifications

• Flow production : suitable for mass market products that are identical

• bacth production : each stage of the production process has an operation
Completed on it before moving on he the next stage. Allows modifications to be Meade to products that of her mine are the same

Question 2

When choosing a production method what does it depend on

Answer 2

• nature of the product
• size of the market
• Stage of development the business has reached
• Technology

Question 3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of job production

Answer 3

Advantages :
• Higher employee motivation : due to a variety in their work
• Easier to identify where problems are
• Individual, unique in design

Disadvantages :
• Staff wages are high-each worked is highly skilled
• Expensive material
• do to variety of work lots of equipment is required to make the products

Question 4

What are the advantages and disadvantages of batch production

Answer 4

Advantages:
• It is suited to products that are identical to each other, but are only
produced in limited quantities.
• Flexibility possible in batch quantity, according to demand
• specialised machinery

Disadvantages:
• Some repetition in jobs
• Batches need to be moved
• Machinery needs to be re-set.

Question 5

What are the advantages and disadvantages of flow production

Answer 5

Advantages:
• Low skilled easy trained labour
• Little time is lost in the assembly process
• Machinery can be run for long sessions

Disadvantages:
• Large storage costs
• Break down of assembly line can shut down whole factory
• Difficult to adapt the assembly line to make other products