Accounting technicians scheme west africa
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| Type of Production Features Advantages Disadvantages Job ▪ Machines performing similar functions are grouped together ▪ Production is intermittent i.e. on-and- off. ▪ Items are often made- to-order. ▪ Centralized control exercised over job production ensures effective supervision of work. ▪ Where all the materials, men and machines are assembled at the point of manufacture, the manufacturing time is ▪ Demand for job production Products are erratic and unpredictable. Machines and equipment lie idle or are underutilized when there are no orders. ▪ It creates large work- in process, so requires investment in storage facilities. 229 Type of Production Features Advantages Disadvantages reduced. Batch ▪ Work-in-progress often high. ▪ Production is intermittent and not continuous. ▪ Machines and equipment are general purpose. ▪ Items are made-to- stock ▪ Machines used are general purpose and could be adapted to different uses. ▪ The machines are independent of each other. ▪ There is often lack of balance in the workload of different machines. Some machines are, therefore, underutilized. ▪ It requires a large storage space because of the large work-in- progress. Flow ▪ Machines are specialised standardised ▪ Production is unbroken and continuous. ▪ Machines are arranged according to the sequence in which the good or service is produced/provided ▪ Flow production is relatively faster. In some organisations conveyors are used to transfer materials from one machine to the other. ▪ The factory supervisor could easily spot trouble spots on the production line because when a machine breaks down it affects the ▪ whole production process. ▪ Since the machines are dependent on each other, a breakdown of a machine immobilizes the whole production line. ▪ Requires high level of demand to make production economical. Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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