Business Operations

3. A Continuous automated production line
4. the amount of emergency stock a business keeps just in case
7. a benefit felt by employees when they can complete a job from start to finish
9. a system of ordering your stock at the precise time when they are needed (4,2,4)
11. checking products at the end of production for faults (7,7)
12. a disadvantage of job production
15. A type of production where the focus is on finishing one item before progressing to the next
16. another word used to describe the process of buying

1. a benefit associated with mass production (5,5)
2. the aim of improving the speed at which goods are manufactured
5. an advantage of introducing a mechanised approach to flow production
6. the time it takes for stock to arrive after ordering (4,4)
8. building in quality checks throughout the production process (7,9)
10. an advantage of batch production
13. a disadvantage which halts flow production
14. Where you make a group of identical items before switching to another product