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CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Designing of Operational Systems and Control

A bakery in Pune bakes bread in large, continuous runs on dedicated equipment, producing identical loaves in very high volume with almost no variety. Which type of production system does this best describe?

The bakery uses mass (flow) production because it makes identical products in very high volume on dedicated equipment with continuous flow and little variety. Job, project and batch systems suit custom, unique or varied limited-quantity output instead.

  1. AJob production
  2. BMass (flow) productionCorrect
  3. CProject production
  4. DBatch production of custom orders

Explanation

High-volume output of identical products on dedicated equipment with a continuous flow is characteristic of mass or flow production. Job production suits one-off custom work, and project production suits unique large undertakings. Batch production handles limited quantities of varied items, which does not match.

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