Question

Amy runs a boutique that caters to high-end customers who prefer to have unique clothing designs. She also works as a personal wardrobe stylist for several of her clients. Amy has now opened a manufacturing firm that focuses on designing and producing fabric that is used to make the unique designs. To which type of production technology does the manufacturing firm belong?

a. Small-batch production
b. Continuous process production
c. Large-batch production
d. Mass production

Answer 1

The manufacturing firm belongs to the small-batch production as a type of production technology. Correct answer: A
During the butch production the product is created over a series of workstations where each workstation is a stage and at each stage different batches of products are made. Because Amy focuses on designing and producing fabric that is used to make the unique designs she needs a small-batch production technology.