Flow Production
What Flow Production means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Continuous, automated assembly lines, like car manufacturing, which maximise productivity and drive down average unit costs through economies of scale.
A method where a product moves continuously along a sequence of operations, with each stage adding something before the item passes to the next.
Continuous, high-volume output of identical products on a production line, using standardised parts and often automation.
Continuous, large-scale output of standardised products on a production line.
A continuous process of producing large quantities of identical products, often using an assembly line.
Continuous production of large quantities of standardised goods, usually on an assembly line.
Topics that use Flow Production
- Influences on business (AQA GCSE)
- Production processes (AQA GCSE)
- Business operations (Eduqas GCSE)
- Business operations (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Batch Production
- Job Production
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Buffer stock
- Business operations
- Procurement
- Adapting the marketing mix to external pressures
- Application of business concepts to context
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