Textile Production Methods And Systems
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Find out how much you know about production methods used in the textiles industry. Useful revision for the GCSE Textiles exam. If you don't know an answer look it up on www. Textiles4u. Wikispaces. Com
- 1.One off production is also known as:
- A.
Unique production
- B.
Job production
- C.
Only production
- 2.Which of these items would be made by one off production? Tick all that are correct.
- A.
Wedding dress.
- B.
Stage outfit for Lady Gaga
- C.
Carpet
- D.
Haute couture dress
- E.
Coat from Ted Baker
- 3.One off production is:Tick all that are correct.
- A.
Cheap to do, producing inexpensive products.
- B.
Labour intensive.
- C.
Involves highly skilled workers
- D.
Quick to make the product
- E.
Uses versatile machinery (machinery that can easily be adapted to suit any textile process)
- 4.Bespoke garments are:
- A.
Garments that will fit a variety of people.
- B.
Garments that are individually tailored to fit the exact shape of a persons body.
- 5.Name the two production methods which are examples of Mass Production
- A.
Continuous Flow Production
- B.
Batch Production
- C.
Repetitve Flow Production
- D.
Individual Production
- 6.The advantages of Repetitive Flow (flow line production) which make it a cheap way to make products are:Tick all that are correct
- A.
Labour has to be highly skilled
- B.
Materials can be bought in bulk
- C.
The production line can be fully or semi automated.
- D.
Lot's of items can be made very quickly
- E.
Can be broken down into sub assemblies.
- 7.How many hours a day does continuous flow production work?
- A.
8
- B.
12
- C.
18
- D.
24
- 8.Which textiles procucts are usually made by repetitive flow production?Tick all that are correct.
- A.
Socks
- B.
Gucci bag
- C.
Topshop dress
- D.
Bandages
- E.
Vests
- 9.Straight line production produces large batches of products for big retailers. Work flows in a straight line through a series of assembly stations. Each worker performs the same process over and over again on the same part of the textile product.How are these workers normally paid?
- A.
They are paid according to how many hours they do in a week.
- B.
They are paid according to how many products they work on - Piece work.
- 10.Batch Production is used for larger fixed quantities of identical textile products, often fashion items. Tick two advantages of this system of production.
- A.
Makes a very large quantity of products continuously.
- B.
A flexible system that can be easily changed to meet the demands of new orders coming in.
- C.
Very cheap to make products
- D.
Workers are not bored as they make a variety of styles and use different skills on each batch.
- E.
Products are very detailed
- 11.Identify three disadvantages of batch production.
- A.
Working time lost due to the change in production from one textile product to another.
- B.
Equipment has to be reset after each production run.
- C.
The increased numbers of products in batches could produce storage problems.
- D.
Staff only carry out one aspect of production which may become repetitive and boring.
- 12.The progressive bundle system is where workers are organised into sections to make sections of a textiles product possibly sleeves, pockets, collars etc. These are then joined to make the whole product. Show an advantage of this system.
- A.
A slow way to make products
- B.
Complicated to organise
- C.
Smaller lot sizes for workers which sppeds up production
- D.
Cannot be combined with straight line production
- 13.Just in time production helps to manage and control stock. What are the advantages of this system?
- A.
Requires lot's of storage for materials.
- B.
Speeds up production as long as materials arrive ontime.
- C.
Materials and therefore products are generally fault free as they cannot be damaged in storage.
- D.
Costs are increased storing materials
- 14.Identify products made by batch production.
- A.
Tent
- B.
Cotton yarn
- C.
Dish cloths
- D.
M&S blouse
- E.
Duvet cover
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