Operations Recap

Which is the benefit for capital intensive

• This can be used as a USP for the business

• Production is faster and more efficient

• Can tailor to customer needs

• Quality can vary

• Low price pressure

What is Lean production?

• Processes designed to reduce unit costs and improve capacity

• Increasing stock levels and waste

• Processes designed to reduce waste and improve efficiency

• increasing time and storage costs

• Improve ideas and involvement

Ways of improving productivity

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Supermarkets are becoming more capital intensive with self-scanning tills. Is this negative or positive?

• Negative

• Positive

• Both

Which is the problem with under utilisation?

• Turn away customers

• Quality may fall

• Demotivated staff

• Machine breakdowns

Which are methods of Lean production

• Cellulation production

• Time wastage production

• Cell production

• JIT

• Labour productivity

What is quality control ?

• Check at every stage of production

• Production that involves everyone in the process

• Checked at the end of production

• Checked before branding the products

• Checked by an automated robot

Select the operational objectives

• improving robotics

• Adding value

• Adding robotics

• Improving speed of response and flexibility

• Ensuring dependability