Business Studies · Oct / Nov 2021 · Paper 12 · Question 1

SWB is in the secondary sector. It produces 150000 wooden bookcases each week using batch production. SWB sells all its output to one customer. Quality control is important. SWB has 240 employees, of which 100 are part-time workers. SWB’s managers use noticeboards around the factory and meetings with employees every month to help reduce communication barriers. The Operations Manager is considering introducing just-in-time inventory control to reduce the amount of waste.

Read automatically from the paper; the printed page above is exact.