Batch/Mass Production! Design your product to be suitable for Mass/Batch production. When your designing a product for Batch/mass production -Choose a material, components and equipment which are easily available and affordable. - Avoid labour intensive process, e.g. hand embroidery - Design clothes in standard sizes -Keep designs unfussy, with no unnecessary parts or features. - Think about how your design could be varied in different batches e.g. different colours and decorations. Create a detailed production plan for making your product.

Create a detailed production plan for making your roduct Your production plan should include: Your production plan should include: The scale/type of production that is going to be used The sequence of tasks needed to manufacture the product How much time should be allowed for each task The equipment, labour and materials needed for each stage of production, and the costs of these Which members of the team are responsible for completely each task

Job production One off production is when you maker a single unique product Job production-one item is made by one person Small team-working on parts of serene item Unique finished product e.g wedding dress for a certain women Main features: 1)usually it’s for high quality products 2)each time takes a lot of time to make 3)it needs skilled workers 4)the machinery used should be adopted to a number of processes 5)it’s more expensive than batch or mass produced items

Batch production is making a small number of identical products -batch production is used to make a relatively small number of identical products e.g. 100 Santa hats -machines can be altered after each batch. This means that the manufacturer can react to specific orders and a variety of styles can be made. -production costs are less than in one off production because more