In terms of quality, what is the impact of constant product defects on a business?
- Increased customer satisfaction
- Enhanced market competitiveness
- Lower prices and increased sales
- Higher costs and potential customer dissatisfaction
What is the primary advantage of flow production in terms of efficiency?
- High flexibility
- Lower production costs
- Tailoring products to customer needs
- Faster response to market changes
What is the primary characteristic of job production in manufacturing?
- Mass production of identical items
- Continuous and repetitive processes
- Tailoring products to individual customer orders
- Low-cost production techniques
What is the main advantage of using JIT stock management?
- Higher stock holding costs
- Reduced risk of stock obsolescence
- Slower response to customer demands
- Maintaining large safety stocks
What is a common cost associated with quality control measures?
- Decreased waste and rework
- Reduced inspection expenses
- Investment in testing and monitoring procedures
- Lower production costs
What is the primary goal of effective supply chain management in a business?
- Maximising product prices
- Minimising profitability
- Increasing waste and unnecessary costs
- Ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and fast production times
Flow production is often associated with which type of products?
- Handcrafted items
- Custom-made furniture
- Mass-produced goods
- Artisanal foods
How can poor product quality affect a business's reputation?
- By always enhancing the business's image
- By increasing customer satisfaction
- By damaging the business's reputation and reducing customer trust
- By prioritising quantity over quality
How can poor supplier relationships impact a business's unit costs?
- By always reducing costs
- By leading to efficient procurement
- By increasing costs and disruptions in the supply chain
- By guaranteeing high product quality
What is the primary benefit of implementing a just-in-time (JIT) system?
- Reduced production costs
- Increased waste and inefficiency
- Higher levels of inventory
- More room for errors in the production process
