efficiency

Question 1

what is larbour intensive

Answer 1

uses more workers and less machinery

Question 2

example of labour intensive business

Answer 2

NHS as needs very skilled workers to carry out soultions to patients health

Question 3

adv of labour intensive business

Answer 3

humans can be retrained and can carry out new tasks wheras machine has to replaced

suggest ways to improve quality
solve any problems that airse

Question 4

dis of labour intensive firms

Answer 4

harder to mange people than machines e.g emotions

can be unreliable e.g call of sick

need rest breaks ad holidays during work

Question 5

capital intensive frim

Answer 5

use more machinery rather then people

Question 6

adv of capital intensive frims

Answer 6

can operate 24/7

easier to manage dont have feelings

often more precise therefore imporving quality levels

Question 7

dis of campital intensive firmss

Answer 7

high intital investment
expensive to buy and hard to maintain

usually only suited to one task meaning inflexible

break down then the whole production processs stops, huge delay, could lose out on sales, could ause bad reputation

fear of being replaced by machine could cause bad motaivtion for works and bad job security, decrease in producivity