Production & Efficiency

a method that involves completing one

operation at a time on al units before performing the next.

production methods that make more use of

machinery relative to labour.

involves producing a family of products in a small self-contained unit (a cell) within a factory

specialisation in specific tasks or skills by an individual.

producing a level of output where average cost is minimised.

a company that is the first to sell a new product or provide a new service, when there are no other competing companies.

large-scale production of a standard product, where each operation on a unit is performed continuously one after the other, usually on a production line. job production a method of production that involves

production methods that make more use of labour relative to machinery.

an approach to operations that focuses on the reduction of resource use

getting other people or businesses (subcontractors) to undertake work that was originally done

in-house, often to reduce costs.