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4 Operations management
41 Production of goods and services
4.1.1 The meaning of production:
41.2 The main methods of production:
4.1.3 How technology has changed and is
changing production methods, e.g. using
computers in design and manufacturing
Managing resources effectively to produce
goods and services
Difference between production and productivity
Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to
increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by
automation and technology, improved labour
skills
Why businesses hold inventories
The concept of lean production: how to achieve
it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen;
benefits of lean production
Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch
and flow production
Recommend and justify an appropriate
production method for a given situation