Flow Production

• What is flow production?

  Where items move along the production line in a continuous process
• Flow Production is suitable for mass production:

  -large scale/identical items
• Flow production uses specialist machinery
• In Flow production, workers are each responsible for a small step along the process. this includes:

  -specialisation

  -division of labour

  e.g.

  -a toothpaste factory

  -mass produced food goods
• What are some advantages of flow production?

  -consistent quality

  -much faster than job production

  -low cost per unit

  -continual output leading to less need to hold stock
• What are some disadvantages to flow production?

  -mistakes or problems can shut down the whole process

  -wont be unique/personalised

  -if a product needs to be recalled they have to do so many, all from that day