Technology

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    • Technology helps produce:
      • high and consistent quality standards
      • help cost efficiency
    • Automation can help achieve successful production and increase productivity
    • Productivity and Cost Efficiency:
      • Factory workers used on production lines, with managers trying to increase efficiency and productivity in the UK
      • Japanese companies look at the whole business: waste materials, time, energy and rejected products
    • Impact on Production:
      • Productivity - mechanising production process means a business can produce products 24/7 with no pay - increases productivity and means a low cost per unit
      • Quality - tech can make large quantities of the same thing, ensuring consistent standards of quality
      • Flexibility - important to quality and the delivery of the product
      • Automation - where flexibility in delivery is lowered
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