A sandwich factory assigns separate teams to prepare fillings, assemble sandwiches and package them. Why might this reduce unit costs?
Every employee must now learn every production stage
Repeated tasks can raise worker speed and output per hour
Specialisation removes the need for any capital equipment
The factory produces less output with the same resources
84 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.2 Resource allocation, covering 1.2.1a Markets, 1.2.1b Allocation of resources, 1.2.1c Factor and product markets, 1.2.2a Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, 1.2.2b Goods and services, 1.2.3a Specialisation and the division of labour, 1.2.3b How and why producers specialise, and 1.2.3c Costs and benefits of the division of labour. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.