Business Ch. 18 - Production of goods and services

If each worker in a business produces more than last year but fewer workers are employed then ______ has increased but total output might be the same.

• production

• employment

• productivity

• resource allocation

Each of the following are possible ways to increase production efficiency except

• increased automation

• more technology used in production

• workers have more skills

• using more resources

Just-in-time inventory management is a good example of _____ production

• flow

• lean

• batch

• job

Lean production means ______

• making smaller products

• using smaller workers

• creating less waste

• reducing output

One possible advantage of flow production over batch production is that ______ production of a standard product will increase efficiency.

• occasional

• infrequent

• continuous

• one-off

Flow production is always better than job production

• True

• False

Job production means that each worker only makes one product.

• True

• False

Batch production can lead to higher inventory levels compared with flow production

• True

• False

Job production allows for many variations in the design of products

• True

• False

Automated robots are an example of using technology in production

• True

• False