Year 8 - Design and technology
Quality control and production planning
Collaborative design: tactile toys to teach
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Unit Summary
Using knowledge of timber properties and processes, pupils will work together to design a batch of tactile toys. They will prepare a manufacturing plan and develop their knowledge of quality control, applying this to checks throughout manufacturing to produce the batch within acceptable tolerances.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use quality control strategies to check the batch.
Key Notes
- Quality control is used in batch production so products are consistent.
- A tolerance is the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions or weight.
- A Gantt chart is a way of displaying tasks in a horizontal bar chart that visually displays a schedule over time.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Quality control: checks made on a product before, during and after its production so it meets quality and safety standards
- Tolerance: the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions, or weight
- Time planning: organising and scheduling tasks efficiently
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Quality control are checks that are done on products once made to ensure they are a high enough quality to be sold or used.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Quality control is used in batch production so products are consistent. A tolerance is the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions or weight.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Quality control'
checks made on a product before, during and after its production so it meets quality and safety standards.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Quality control are checks that are done on products once made to ensure they are a high enough quality to be sold or used. Correction: Quality control checks are done throughout the process to ensure quality is a constant.
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