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level: Production Facilities

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Question	Answer
Low (1 - 100 units pa) - job shop Medium (100 - 10,000 units pa) - batch production - cellular manufacturing High (10,000 - mill units pa) - quantity production - flow line production	Types of production facilities
- For specialised and customised products - Typically complex e.g. prototype aircraft, special machinery - General purpose equipment - Highly skilled labour force - Designed for maximum flexibility - Example layout would be fixed position	Job Shop
- Requires set up time, hence less production - Usually arranged in a process layout	Batch Production
- Minimal changeover time - Cellular layout is based on group technology	Cellular Manufacturing
- Single parts on single pieces of equipment - Process (functional) layout	Quantity production
- Parts/assemblies move through multiple workstations - Flow line (product) layout	Flow line production