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Industry Study Activities Industrial Technology HSC
Industry Study Activities Industrial Technology HSC
Template - You must follow this format for your industry study report. Your report must have these sections, headings, and subheadings.
Tip
Note that you are conducting a broad study of the Timber Products and Furniture Technologies industry.
You should draw your information from a variety of sources within the industry focus area to answer the topics below
A variety of sources will help you to identify patterns, similarities, and differences across the industry
This will help your conclusion statement
You will have a broader knowledge of the industry, which will help you identify niches and entrepreneurial opportunities
Learning
Section Industry Study heading and subheadings What you need to do Follow the prompts in each section below
Outcomes
1. Choose two businesses within the Timber Products and Furniture Technologies
Section 1 1.1 Structural considerations
industry
organisation 2. For each business identify the structural considerations of the business with
management (roles and levels) reference to each structural point. You may wish to create a diagram to explain
marketing and advertising your answer
production and efficiency 3. Identify factors within each business that affect production, efficiency and H1.1
restructuring quality control of that business
quality control 4. Compare the two businesses, highlight and discuss similarities and differences
in their structure. Explain why these may have occurred.
5. Analyse the choices and structure of both businesses in terms of strengths and
weaknesses. Create a SWOT table to show this.
1. Find examples of each item within the Timber Products and Furniture
Section 2 2.1 Technical considerations
Technologies industry.
mechanisation 2. Describe the purpose of the technical consideration within the business, for
specialisation/generalisation example how does the technology work. Identify the manual process is being
mass production replaced. Explain why this technology has been chosen.
automation 3. Provide images to support your text, which you may annotate H1.2
new and emerging technologies 4. How does the technology improve manufacturing efficiency
5. How has the viability of the business been improved as a result of the
technology
6. Discuss the differences between the technologies, advantages and
disadvantages.