Answer to Question #247941 in Management for jean

Question

What type of process—project, job shop, flow shop, and continuous flow—would most likely to be used to produce the following? Give your reasoning.

1.Apple iPads
2.Weddings
3.Paper
4.Tax preparation

Answer 1

a) apple ipads--flow shop ( continously available at shops) A manufacturing facility that produces one or two similar products using high-volume specialized equipment

b) weddings - job shop (one after another) Job shops are typically small manufacturing businesses that handle job production, that is, custom/bespoke or semi-custom/bespoke manufacturing processes such as small to medium-size customer orders or batch jobs. Job shops typically move on to different jobs (possibly with.

c. Paper uses continuous flow. The continuous flow process involves moving one work unit at a time between each step of the process — with no breaks in time, sequence, substance, or extent.

d. Tax preparation will use job shop. The job shop allows entrepreneurs the most flexibility in making a variety of products to meet customer quality and service standards. As customers request repeat jobs and as volumes grow, the job shop may group machines into work cells to process batches of like jobs.