Economies of scale - the supermarket warehouse getting ready for Christmas

The Daily Mail has come up with some great photos of a massive supermarket warehouse gearing up for Christmas.

They would be perfect for an activity on economies and diseconomies of scale. At the beginning of the topic students could be given the photos and put into groups to discuss possible advantages and disadvantages of working on such a big scale.

More often than not they will come up with loads of examples of economies and diseconomies of scale before you even have to explain anything to them. Click read more for some handy mnemonics to go with the topic

Really Fun Mums Try Making Pies

Risk, Financial, Managerial, Technical, Marketing, Purchasing

Diseconomies of scale

The three C’s

Control, Cooperation, Coordination