... such as been able to produce a far wider range of products, meeting customer needs, and being able to produce in products in smaller quantities, reducing costs in times of lower sales. This is likely to make the firm more competitive and profitable. Flexible production is likely however, to prove more costly to the firm, with higher running costs. The staff benefits of flexible production techniques are likely to outweigh these. Working in a team, producing a product from start to finish is likely to be far more motivating than a repetitive, tedious job on a mass production line. Staff are likely to be needed to be more highly trained to perform the wider range of jobs flexible production requires. Although costly for the firm, staff are likely to be more motivated through their more enriched and more responsibility bearing jobs. This in turn could lead to higher levels of ...

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