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The way products are manufactured depends on the quantity required. For example, cars are continually manufactured in hundreds of thousands , a prototype is a ‘one off’ (just one made) and DIY furniture is made in batches of thousands. Single item production is described below. |
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CHARACTERISTICS |
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1. A highly specialised company. |
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The example specialist company (shown below) has a small workforce. In this example one highly skilled worker manufactures the entire item. The skilled worker is highly trained / skilled and makes the product by hand. The example shown is a specialist a specialist company manufacturing hand-made guitars. They design and make guitars for professional musicians. |
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QUESTIONS: 1. Draw a flowchart to represent the production line shown in the example |
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