Production Methods

Making a large quantity of identical products

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Making individual products that are bespoke (fit each customer's needs)

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Making different varieties of identical products. The production process is broken into stages

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Workers will be able to work at a very fast pace

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Workers will get bored

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Productivity (output per worker per hour) will be high, so unit costs will be low.

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Time is wasted cleaning the machinery between switching to a different flavour/make/ model

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Workers are highly skilled and command high wages

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