2.3.1 Business Operations - Edexcel GCSE

One way a business could be more flexible is to have spare staff it can call in.

'Economies of scale' describes...

______________ is about how quickly a business can respond to changes.

Business Operations takes ________ and turns them into _____________.

Which type of production process would a large manufacturer of identical pencils be likely to use?

A baker is most likely to use...

'Automation' means employing more workers.

Productivity =

'Profit margin' means the amount of money added to the cost of the product to get to the selling price.

A possible benefit of increased automation could be...

It is possible for one business to use more than one type of production process.

Job Production needs a high level of automation.

What could a problem be if you get employees to work faster to produce more?

Efficiency is about reducing ________.

Which of these are the 3 main forms of production process?

Which type of production process is likely to have increased downtime as a disadvantage?

Which type of production process is likely to have HIGH automation, LOW profit margins and LOTS of economies of scale?

A delivery business has extra drivers it can call in on days they are exceptionally busy. This is an example of...

Waste could be in terms of materials, time or money.

A possible drawback of increased automation could be...

Which type of production process would a tattoo studio use?

How well a product or service does its job is called...