Co-ordinating effcient business operations

Which production method would be used for doughnuts in a bakery?

• job

• batch

• flow

• mass

Businesses want to add value when they produce. The formula to work out the added value it:

Selling price - .....................

• cost of utilities

• cost of inputs

• price of the good

• cost of taxes

Which are ways to add value (choose all that apply)

• increasing the price

• adding features to the product

• reducing costs

• changing the packaging

USP is

Which are usually required for job production?

• skilled workers

• large scale machines

• bulk orders

• specific designs

Advantages of job production

• longer production time

• charge higher prices

• higher wage costs

• customised orders

Which production is used for making certain quantities of a product before changing to another type of product?

What is a disadvantage of batch production?

• flexible production

• cleaning of equipment may cause delays

• produced in bulk

• can use the same equipment and workers

Likely to be made using flow/mass production

• squash

• cakes

• digestive biscuits

• cars

productivity is a meaure of:

• revenue

• profit

• efficiency

• costs