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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
Managing stock
– just in case
(JIC)
To evaluate the
use of managing
stock using JIC
to a given
business.
Students should
recognise the
benefits of having
spare stock to
satisfy demand
balanced against the
cost of holding buffer
stock.
Students will not be
asked to draw or
interpret stock
control charts.
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Reference –
BBC Bitesize webpage on JIC
BBC Bitesize recap quiz on stock control
What does the
video
suggest is the stock control system used by Amazon?
In pairs students test each other to revise the benefits and drawbacks of just in case.
Teacher led explanation on the difference between just in time and just in case
production.
Split students in pairs – each pair to produce a paragraph arguing for the use of just in
time or just in case for their chosen business.
Factors
affecting choice
of suppliers
To understand
the factors
affecting the
choice of
suppliers.
To analyse the
factors that
affect the choice
of supplier for a
given business.
Factors affecting
choice of suppliers
include price, quality
and reliability.
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Students brainstorm the main factors that would affect which supplier businesses choose.
Show images of a variety of businesses, for example Poundland, Gucci, a pharmacy,
Rolls-Royce, Primark – what are the main factors that would influence the choice of
suppliers in each case?
Use the 9-mark question format to create a question analysing and evaluating the main
factor influencing the choice of supplier for a chosen business.