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Flow production |
Producing items in a continually moving process |
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Features of flow production |
1) they produce large quantise of outputted where demand of the product is nigh 2) it suits standardised items Which require minimal production alterations |
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1) labour cost minimise 2) quick and output is consistent 3) quality of high |
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Disadv of flow |
1)high initial start up cost since its more capital intensive industry 2) boring, demotivating and repetitive |
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Def of lean |
Producing goods and services with the minum of wasted resources while maintaining high quality |
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Main objective of lean production |
This approach sets out to cut out or minimise activities that do not add value to the production process, such as holding of stock, repairing faulty product and unnecessary movement of people and product around the business.
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Key aspects of lean |
The key aspects of lean production that you should be aware of are:
Time based management Simultaneous engineering Just in time production (JIT) Cell production Kaizen (Continuous improvement) Quality improvement and managemen |
