TOPIC : THE 4 TYPES OF
PRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE : In lesson : to understand
what the 4 types areHomework : the differences
between them and when which is appropriate
JOBMillenium stadium / Cardiff, Wales
Royal Portrait, London, England
Wedding DressMilan, Italy
Millau BridgeFrance
JOB
JOBCreating an INDIVIDUAL product from START TO FINISH to meet the SPECIFIC NEEDS of the CUSTOMER.
An example would be the ‘El Chaparral Dam’ proposed for the San Miguel Dept. There is no other dam exactly like it, and is suited to fit the needs of the community.
The work tends to require higher skills and have a longer lead time
MASSCreating LARGE QUANTITIES of STANDARDISED products
Often involves SPECIALISATION as workers get highly efficient in simple repetitive tasks
An example could be newspapers. Each paper is exactly the same, with one worker responsible for checking the ink, another for loading the paper etc
BATCH
Creating a LIMITED NUMBER of IDENTICAL PRODUCTS.
Work on each batch would FINISH, BEFORE production switches to another batch – which makes it suitable for businesses that produce a RANGE of products
An example would be coca/cola who might produce a batch of coca cola then stop. Make the necessary changes and switch to CocaCola Zero
This is the FINAL product they sent out to the customer
This is the worker who packages it nicely
This is the worker who puts it all together
CELLWhere workers are divided into TEAMS/CELLS – and each team is responsible for COMPLETING THEIR PART of the overall production process. Provides Job Enrichment, and Team work.
It is an UPDATE of the ASSEMBLY LINE process, whereby each cell member should be MULTISKILLED and capable of performing all the tasks in their cell group.
Each cell is independent in terms of reaching their own target, but interdependent in terms of completing the final product