Sunburst bakeries is a supplier of all kinds of bread and cakes to leading supermarkets. It has a huge

Ñctory that makes the entire range of products- no finished items are bought in from other bakers.

Production facilities are split into three main areas. Different production methods are used in these three

arcas. The demand patterns for three of the best-known Sunburst products baver are arc very different.

Standard loaves are bought by supermarkets every da. all year round. There is some vanation in demand

through seasons- but very little. Large, family sized cakes are mainly bought at weekends- whereas

doughnuts are most often bought midweek for children’s lunch boxes. Finally, the business is famous for

its handmade wedding cakes, each one to a different design. There have been rumors’ among the workers

that one section of the factory uses batch production might be convened into tiow-production.

QI): Explain the type of production methods Sunburst would use to produce wedding cakes.

Q2): Analyze two factors that affect the typc of production method Sunburst chooses for different types

of products.

Q3): Why do small businesses use ¡ob production?Sunburst bakeries is a supplier of all kinds of bread and cakes to leading supermarkets. It has a huge Ñctory that makes the entire range of products- no finished items are bought in from other bakers