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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
3.3.2 The role of procurement
Specification
content
Learning
objectives
Additional
guidance
Suggested
timing
(hours)
Learning activities and resources
Managing stock
– just in time
(JIT)
To evaluate the
use of managing
stock using JIT
to a given
business.
Students should
recognise that the
benefits of reduced
costs must be
balanced against the
cost of more
frequent deliveries
and lost purchasing
economies of scale.
Students will not be
asked to draw or
interpret stock
control charts.
2
In pairs students test each other to ensure they have an understanding of lean
production and JIT.
Missing word activity revising economies of scale.
A simple numerical example can be used to illustrate the additional costs of
regular deliveries and the lack of economies of scale. This can be done by
having a total output of 500 units per week. Include separate costs for holding
stock for a week, cost of ordering 100 units at a time and cost of ordering 500
units. Students calculate which option would be cheaper. Build in scenarios
including a delayed delivery, a surge in demand etc. to encourage students to
understand the potential challenges faced.
Show
Christmas last delivery times
– what problem does this illustrate?
Students to brainstorm benefits and drawbacks of just in time and create a table.
Reference –
BBC Bitesize webpage on stock control
Show
video on JIT with car seat covers
Complete question 2b) 6 marks Paper 2 June 2015.