Answer:
Centralized production processing facility considers top management as the apex of decision making.
In decentralized production processing the decision making is delegated to teams and multiple individuals.
Explanation:
Centralized facility:
Pros:
a. In centralized facility top management commitment helps in improved decision making
b. Allocation of budgets to improve production processes.
c. The process becomes a part of strategic planning.
d. Standardization of processes like Mcdonalds kitchen.
e. Lower costs
f. Better forecasting
Cons:
a. Lack of flexibility
b. In case of international chains customers may be dissatisfied with standardized procedures
c. No room for customization
Decentralized Facility:
Pros:
a. Flexibility
b. Customer oriented approach
c. lack of bureaucratic procedure
d. quick decision making
Cons:
a. No standardization
b. Every Team has its own benchmarking process to evaluate performance.
c. Costly
d. Planning, budgeting and forecasting is effected adversely.
