Paper 1 · Stock Control
A limitation of line production in a car plant is that
Aone breakdown can halt the whole assembly line
Bunit costs rise as output volume increases
Cthe product cannot be produced in large volumes
Dno capital investment is needed to set it up
Explanation: Because every stage depends on the one before it, a failure at any point stops everything downstream. The line is also costly to set up and inflexible: changing the model means retooling, and the repetitive work can demotivate the people on it.
Derived from ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills Paper 1, Nov 2018, Q8