1. Title: Production Processes
Lesson Objective
To understand the different production processes: one-off production, batch production and mass production. 1

2. Which production process was used to create these products? TASK
Which production process was
used to create these products?
TASK
Correctly match the production process to the product.

3. Pasties
Sausages
Wedding cake
Bread
Pizzas
mass
batch
mass
batch
one off

4. One-off Production
One-off production is designing and making a single Food product to a client's specification e.g. a custom made wedding cake or birthday cake.
The product is high quality and is made by skilled and experienced workers. The product can take a long time to produce which increases the labour cost which makes the product expensive.

5. Batch Production
This is making a specific number of the same food item on a small scale, for example cupcakes, bread rolls in a bakery or sausages, burgers and kebabs in a butchers shop
A specified number of identical items is produced in one go, in response to an order for a one-off consignment.
Only a small number of people are involved in making the products, they all have a task to do eg kneading bread, making the rolls.

6. Mass Production
This is used when large amounts of the same product are needed eg: sliced bread, breakfast cereal, custard
Manufacturing is split into single tasks, which are art of a production line, linked by a conveyer belt
Tasks tend to be automated and done using specialist large scale equipment
Computers control some of the tasks.
Fewer workers are needed.

7. Continuous Flow Production
This works in the same way as mass production but always produces the same product 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Eg; baked beans, crisps, biscuits
The production line only makes one product and uses expensive specialist equipment. It is a good example of CAM

8. The quality controller
When producing a product in large quantities it is very easy to make mistakes!!!!!
In a factory a person is employed to make sure that the quality of the product is a high standard. These checks are made when the product is finished and before it is sent to the shops.
If the product is a poor quality it is either thrown away or sent back to be corrected. This costs the factory extra time and money.