products by hand or with machinery.

Job Shop. A job shop is one whose production is based on sales

orders for a variety of small lots. Job shops ate very useful compo-
ne~ts of the enti~ production effortJ ~ince they ~anufacture prod-
ucts in sm.all l9ts that ate needed by, bu~ cannot be produced eco-
nomically, by many companies. Depending upo!l the customer's
needs, a job shop may produce·. a lot consisting of 20 tq 200 or more
similar parts. ·
- Job shops prodµce custom products 'i11 general. Products may
be manufactured witltjn. a short rlotice. The ~quipmen.t used are of
the general purpose type.' · ·_ ·
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·_The type ~f layo_q.ttised by j~b ~hops ts t}:l.e process.layout, where

· similar machines are grouped together~·r he typ~calsize ,ot operation
is generally s~all. Job ,s~ops .are .I~~Qf Jnt~!1sive anq -~ achines are ·
frequently idle. Figure 62 shows th~-.prp~ess ·flow .diagram of the ..
job shop. · ,.· · ,· , ·. 1 •

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,Figur~ 62 •.Process Flow Diagram ·of a Job.Shop
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. , Ba_t~h .Flow. The batch flow proces~ is where lots .of generally
?wn-~esigned products are manufactured. It is further character-
A:~d. ·py the ~ollowing: · . . . . . .
· ·, : ~- ~ ' ; ~ ~exi.bilify to produce e~ther low or high volum~s- ·
2. N· ,_. t, -·•~'!M11
·, ·"'·'/roce·.. '. ., . . ··•/1 I
. ··,, . -.~1;.~~.:~.-.., ,, dures. are performed on. all products.
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