Production Processes Overview

Business: Cambridge International GCSE (2027 Exams), topic 4.1.1

Production Processes Overview

Business operations produce a business’ goods or services. To maximise profit, businesses need to operate so that they produce goods and services to meet a customers’ needs and wants. This means producing at the lowest possible cost for the quality that customers want. The 3 types of production you need to know are:

Job production

Job production

  • Items are made individually.
Flow production

Flow production

  • An assembly line produces standardised products.
Batch production

Batch production

  • Batch production is when items are made in groups.

Test yourself on Production Processes Overview

  • "An assembly line produces standardised products". Which type of production does this describe?

  • Which type of production is being used when items are produced individually?

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