What is Batch Production?
Manufacturers, of anything from cakes to computer chips, have numerous ways of organizing production. One of these methods is called batch production. This is when, instead of manufacturing things singly, or by continuous production (think of the I Love Lucy episode in the chocolate factory for an example of the latter), items are manufactured in batches. A specific process for each item takes place at the same time on a batch of items, and that batch does not move onto the next stage of production or inspection until the whole batch is done. For example, in small bakeries and in numerous homes, as opposed to large food manufacturing companies, cookies are baked in batches. You first must make your dough, then place the dough onto baking sheets, and then bake them. You are limited into how many cookies you can produce at one time by the number of baking sheets and ovens you possess, and by the size of bowls you have available to mix each batch. This is batch production, since you do ba
from quality and prodution view, the product produced in same conditions, like same work shift, same machine, same raw material, same method, same environment, are collected as one batch. Of course, the quantity is closely related to batch. We use batch to decide quantity instead of quantity to define batch. for example, there are 3 shift, each shift for 8 hours, in a production line. 2000pcs products are produced by each shift. Even all production condition same, we do not use 2000pcs as a batch. the reason is efficiency. In order to make accept/reject judgement, the sampling inspection are usally used. If we make reject decision based on inspection result, production line need to be take back 2000pcs. Maybe there are only 20 bad products. It is not efficiency way and good solution for manufacture. So we decrease batch number as 100pcs, the problem can be found earlier if any. So when you want to select batch quantity, pls analyze your production process and your product characters.
Batch production is the manufacturing technique of creating a component at a workstation before moving to the next step in production. Batch production is common in bakeries and in the manufacture of sports shoes, pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), inks, paints and adhesives. In the manufacture of inks and paints, a technique called a colour-run is used. A colour-run is where one manufactures the lightest colour first, such as light yellow followed by the next increasingly darker colour such as orange, then red and so on until reaching black and then starts over again. This minimizes the cleanup and reconfiguring of the machinery between each batch. White (by which is meant opaque paint, not transparent ink) is the only colour that cannot be used in a colour-run due to the fact that a small amount of white pigment can adversely affect the medium colours. There are several advantages of batch production; it can reduce initial capital outlay because a single production line can be used t
Batch production require that a group of items move through the production process together, a stage at a time. For example when a bakery bakes loaves of wholemeal bread, a large ball of wholemeal dough will be split into several loaves which will be spread out together on a large baking tray. The loaves on the tray will then together be cooked, wrapped and dispatched to shelves, before the bakery starts on a separate batch of, for example, crusty white bread. Note that each loaf is identical within a batch but that loaves can vary from batch to batch. ADVANTAGES The batch method can be an advantage for businesses that produce a range of products. It is cheaper to produce a number of each item in one go because machines can be used more effectively, the materials can be bought in bulk and the workers can specialise in that task. There are two particular advantages of workers being able to concentrate their skills. DISADVANTAGES Batch production requires very careful planning to decide
Batch production simply refers to a production run of a particular product. Consumer food products are typically made in batches (just like you make a batch of cookies). Using oreo’s as an example, Nabisco may have an order for 1000 boxes of oreo cookies for Shoprite supermarkets. A batch will represent the entire process starting from beginning invintory (ingredients) through packaging and every step between. It simplifies quality control and simplifies identification of tainted product in the event of a recall.
