Unit 5.2 - Operations Methods
What you need to know and understand:
- The following operations methods.
- Job production
- Batch production
- Mass/flow production
- Mass customization
- Job production
Conceptual Understandings:
- Change in operations impacts other business activities
- Creative production process can disrupt the market
- Operational business changes may affect its ethical stance
- Sustainability ensures efficiency in business operations
Questions to consider:
- Is there a difference between a product that consumers perceive to be of good quality and one that businesses know is? What ethical dilemmas does the information advantage businesses have over consumers pose?
- Is a quality product always more expensive to manufacture or buy than a mediocre product? How does time perspective affect our assessment of such statements?
- Is there such a thing as an optimal production method? What evidence and whose experiences could business leaders look at to decide on this?
TEXTBOOK unit 5.2
Different types of production methods:
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