How are goods produced? Determines:a) who receives the goods that are produced. b) how tastes and preferences are determined. c) how resources are combined in the production of goods. d) the types and quantities of goods and services produced.

In order to meet the unending needs and wants of consumers, to satisfactorily provide products that meets their requirements, tastes or preferences various manufacturing companies use five (5) main methods of production, and these are; labour-intensive production, mass production, batch production, capital-intensive production and job production.

Generally in Economics, the question of how goods are produced, determines how resources are combined in the production of goods.

This ultimately implies that, before a manufacturer produce its goods it determines the amount of resources that are available. These resources that are to be combined for the purpose of production of goods are entrepreneur, land, labor, and capital, which are generally referred to as the four (4) factors of production.