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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 564.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

UNIT 2

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1. Skim through text 8 and think of the suitable title. TEXT 8

The traditional types of production design are job, batch and flow production.

The term "job production" describes a situation in which a single product is completed by one person or a group of people. Servicing a car, the making of a piece of furniture to the specification of an individual customer, and the design of a computer system to meet the requirements of an individual customer can all be seen as examples of job production. The organization of job production will be a relatively simple matter when the product is simple and demand is relatively small. When demand increases or the product is technically complicated the demands on the organizational abilities of management increase. This can increase the costs of production to such a level that management will seek alternative methods. Whether or not they adopt them will depend upon the needs of the product, the willingness of the market to pay the necessary price to cover costs and the availability of sophisticated technology to help limit the increase in costs. Job production is the most common form of production in very small businesses.

2. Read the text more carefully. Try to guess the words underlined from the context.

3. Comprehension check.

Working in pairs, answer the questions.

1. What are the traditional types of production design?

2. What is "job production"?

3. For what type of business is it typical?

4. What can increase the costs of production?