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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies

4Operations management

Operations management in Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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  • Business costs: fixed, variable, total and average

    35 min

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  • Location and relocation of a business

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  • Sustainable production and the sustainable use of resources

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  • Productivity, efficiency and lean production

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  • Purchasing and inventory management

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  • Technology and ICT in production and operations

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  • Quality: control, assurance and total quality management

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  • Economies and diseconomies of scale

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  • Methods of production: job, batch and flow

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  • Break-even analysis: contribution and calculations

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  • Break-even charts and the uses and limits of break-even

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Operations management: sample question

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Fixed costs are US$9,000. Price is US$25 and variable cost is US$10 per unit. What is the break-even output?

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