GCSE Revision (Types of Production)

GCSE Revision (Types of Production)

1. Scale

   • Continuous (non-stop)
     • Expensive (-)
       • 24/7 (-)
     • examples
       • Oil refining
       • Chemical
       • Steel
   • Jobbing (one-off)
     • single product
       • Indivdual needs (+)
         • Specific requirements (+)
     • Labour intensive (-)
     • Highly skilled workforce
   • Batch (specific quantity)
     • Flexible (+)
       • Labour
         • Team working
           • Cells
             • Small groups of people working on a particular section of the production line.
       • Machinery
     • Between batches
       • Downtime
         • Unproductive (-)
   • Mass (high volume)
     • Large scale
       • Tasks broken down
         • Repetative
           • Low skills
         • QC/QA important
     • Expensive specilised equipment (-)
     • Large workforce
       • Recruitment easy (+)
     • examples
       • Car/vans
       • White/Electrical goods
     • Just in time (JIT)

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