A manufacturer of camping stoves reorganises its assembly line. Instead of each worker building a complete stove, each worker now repeats a single stage, such as fitting burners or testing gas valves, and is trained only for that stage. Which is the most likely effect of organising production in this way?
Unit costs are likely to fall, but output depends on every stage of the line continuing to work
Output per worker is likely to rise, so the factory has less need to exchange with others
Unit costs are likely to fall, and the factory becomes less reliant on outside suppliers for parts
Output per worker is likely to rise, but each worker will be paid a lower wage for the job
76 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 2.1 The role of markets, covering 2.1.1 What is a market, 2.1.2 Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, 2.1.3 Factor and product markets, and 2.1.4 Specialisation and exchange. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.