Production Processes

Manufacturers use several different production processes to create goods and services. This activity is important because which process a manufacturer deems most optimal to use will depend on the product or good being produced.

The goal of this activity is to identify the different types of production processes used by different goods and services.

Match each production profile to the correct production process.

Process manufacturing

Mass customization

Flexible manufacturing

$3$

Continuous process

$4$

Lean manufacturing

Assembly process

Match each of the options above to the items below.

Refining crude oil into gasoline requires the use of chemicals, pressure, and heat to change the chemical makeup of the crude oil into a finished product of gasoline.

Making steel is a process that cannot be easily stopped and restarted.

Allen$-$Bradley builds motor starters. The machines that Allen$-$Bradley uses can make different types of starters without slowing down the process.