Unit Production Team

Mass production team at work

Junior Achievement

Today we made pens. It was really fun!! Two groups got together and made pens, there were unit production and mass production. The slowest was mass at first, but then our team made a plan that would make everything about the pens faster. It was fun. Our team made 12 pens and got to keep them. Then when we were finished I made a pen cannon thing. I put an eraser on the tip and hit the end. ...Orion

Today during JA we made pens. There were seven bupperware bowls with pieces of pen parts. Mis Punches called six kids up in the front of the room I was one of them. What happened was the six kids made a line with the parts in order. We had to see how many pens we could make. We got to thirteen. It was fun. ...Ashley

Today in Junior Achievement we got to learn about making pens. It was fun. Our table made 14 pens. We each got to keep one pen. I would like to do it again and get faster. ...Matt

When I made a JA pen, I made three in two minutes and almost made four. Danny Stephen, Josh, Ashley and Thomas were in a group with me. All together we made 13 pens. Danny and Jake timed us. This was my favorite JA lesson. I was on unit production where you make the whole thing of what ever you make. Pens were easy. The other kind is mass production. There is batch production but we didn't use it. JA is really fun and teaches you a lot. ...Chase

 

Junior Achievement

...and after all the fun making pens, Mrs. Eldridge made us write about it.

Today we made pens out of parts. It was fun. My group made 13 pens. First we got ink and then we put the clickers together and then we tested it to see if it worked. They are green and say Junior Achievement and another thing. ...Josh

Today in J.A. we made pens. I worked with a group. We were a mass production. I put on the springs. The unit production was when one person worked on one pen at a time. There would be many people working on a lot o pens. My group made six pens. It wasn't all that much much compared to the other groups. The two unit productions tied. I had a lot of fun. ...Katie

Today we got to learn what it would be like if we were working in a company. My group made 13 pens. We had 2 minutes to make the pens. It was a lot of fun. ...Jordon

Today Mrs. Punches came in and we made pens. Mrs. Punches had all the parts and we put them together. Each group had six kids. Also you got only two minutes. The first group made 13. Then the next group did it different so they only got 6 done. When the last group did t=it they did 12 pens in two minutes. At the end we all got a pen. ...Elizabeth

Today Mrs. punches came in and we learned different ways to make things. There are three ways. The first way is unit production where one person will build one thing. Then there is mass production where there are different people doing a part of the whole job. ...Joe

Today in JA we learned about unit production. Unit production is one person making the whole pen while other people make a whole pen. That is what we did today. Really we put then together. Our group made 6 pens in two minutes. Another group made 12 pens in two minutes. I can't wait until next Wednesday at JA to see what we do next. ...Katlyn

Today we made pens in two different ways. One way is Mass Production and the other is Unit Production. Mass Production is like when you only do one step and Unit production is when you get to do it all yourself. I did Unit Production. In the end we got to build our own to keep. ...Jon

Today we made our own J.A. Pens I was in a mass production. Our group was the fastest because of Orion's idea. My group had everyone doing one thing. Orion put the spring on the ink part. Ashley put the writing part on, Elizabeth put the push thing in, I put it all together, Katherine screwed it on and Thomas tested it. ...Anja

Today we made pens. Our group did with the other group with how many pens we can ma,e. ...Cody

Making the pens was fun. You take six pieces and put them together. You use the bottom part, the top part a spring the ink holder and the clikker. I was the first group to make pens. it was hard at first but I got the hang of it. I had a real fun time. ...Steve

In JA we made pens. There were two different ways to make pens. You could do it as a group or you could do it separate. The separates got more done. Our group did it together. When we did it we went quickly and in a different order than the other group. We almost got as much as the separate people. ...Katherine

I did mass production. Our group didn't make as many as those who did unit production. I think it was because they had six people each making pens and we had all six working on the same pen so it took a longer time. ...Ethan

 

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