Disadvantages of batch production

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 483.

Advantages of batch production

1. Compared with job production it can lead to a saving in the amount of machinery used.

2. It enables a costing system to be employed which can allocate costs to each completed product.

3. The system generates a large quantity of stock between different production processes. Although this ties up capital it can also act as a buffer. The existence of such stocks can give management greater flexibility in organization.

1. A large amount of capital is tied up in work in progress.

2. There is a long production time for making each part. Any one item in a batch will not be completed significantly before any other item.

3. There is a need for a very efficient system of control in planning and production. This can be time consuming for management.

2. Comprehension check.

Working in pairs, answer the questions.

a. What is batch production?

b. Explain briefly why moving from job to batch production might save money for a manufacturer.

c. Why may batch production cause storage problems?

d. Outline the major costs, specific to batch production, that business will incur.

e. State three types of business that use batch production and explain why.

3. Read the text again. Find and write down a word or words in the text that mean the same as the following definitions. They are in the same order as they appear in the text.

1. a number of things or people which belong together as a group;

2. a way of doing something;

3. happening or done at exactly the same time as something;

4. the group of people who work for a particular organization;

5. not doing anything;

6. a way of solving a problem;

7. to connect somebody or something;

8. an amount of goods or money, etc. that you do not have to use or spend;

9. total or sum of money.