Flow production (AQA GCSE Business): Flashcards
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What is flow production?
What is flow production?
Continuous movement of items through production stages
Flow production is also called?
Flow production is also called?
Mass production
What does capital intensive mean?
What does capital intensive mean?
High investment in machinery vs workers
How long can flow production operate?
How long can flow production operate?
24/7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Worker role in flow production
Worker role in flow production
Specialise in one specific task
Flow production setup cost issue
Flow production setup cost issue
Expensive machinery & setup costs
Impact of production line breakdowns
Impact of production line breakdowns
Idle resources & inefficiency
Quality benefit of flow production
Quality benefit of flow production
Consistent quality across products
Worker motivation issue in flow production
Worker motivation issue in flow production
Jobs are repetitive & boring
Market type suited to flow production
Market type suited to flow production
Mass markets
Production volume in flow production
Production volume in flow production
High volume of similar items
Flexibility issue in flow production
Flexibility issue in flow production
Production can be inflexible
Risk level of flow production
Risk level of flow production
Considerable risk to business
Labour cost benefit of flow production
Labour cost benefit of flow production
Reduces average cost per unit