The Main Methods Of Production:
Overview
A tailor making one wedding suit, a bakery making batches of different breads, and a car plant turning out thousands of identical vehicles are all 'producing', but they do it in completely different ways. The method a business chooses shapes its costs, its flexibility and the quality it can offer.
In this lesson you will compare the three main methods of production, job, batch and flow, learning the features, benefits and limitations of each, and then practise recommending the right method for a given situation. By the end you will be able to match a production method to a product and justify why it fits.
Objectives
- Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production
- Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation
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- Making a single product to a specific customer order is: A. flow production B. batch production C. job production D. mass production Answer: C
- Large quantities of a standardised product made continuously is: A. job production B. flow production C. one-off production D. craft production Answer: B
- A benefit of flow production is: A. it suits unique one-off items B. low average cost per unit through economies of scale C. it needs only skilled craftsmen D. high motivation from varied work Answer: B
- A bakery makes a quantity of white loaves then a quantity of brown loaves. This is: A. job production B. batch production C. flow production D. mass production Answer: B
- A limitation of job production is that it is: A. cheap and fast B. labour-intensive and costly C. fully automated D. unable to meet customer needs Answer: B
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