Question

• How does batch production differ from a job shop?
• Identify the general benefits derived from CAD.
• Identify products that you think are well designed or poorly designed and discuss why you think they are well designed or poorly designed.
• Value analysis is an activity that manufacturing firms should undertake.

Answer 1

1. In batch production products are manufactured in batches. Products are produced multiple batches but not continuously and are organized in cells or flow production.

Whereas job shops is flexible production method where multiple products are products in multiple variants but is repeated unlike batch production.. These production here is organized in functional layout in which similar tasks are grouped together.

2. General benefits derived from CAD are:

Product quality - provides better adherence to standards

Design time is redued;

Low production cost reductions

Database is available fo help with new products); and

Extended range of capabilities like programming of CNC machines is easy.

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