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

JOB BATCH

MASS

CELL TRADITIONAL

4 WAYS TO GO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION ARE …..

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

MASS

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

LOOK! The sprockets & Guards are

different colour

First one batchbatch then the other

BATCH

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