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YouTube. A Design and Technology Site. Batch processing. Batch processing is the execution of a series of programs ("jobs") on a computer without manual intervention. Benefits[edit] Batch processing has these benefits: History[edit] Batch processing has been associated with mainframe computers since the earliest days of electronic computing in the 1950s. Batch processing is still pervasive in mainframe computing, but practically all types of computers are now capable of at least some batch processing, even if only for "housekeeping" tasks. Modern systems[edit] Despite their long history, batch applications are still critical in most organizations in large part because many common business processes are amenable to batch processing. Scripting languages became popular as they evolved along with batch processing. Batch window[edit] A batch window is "a period of less-intensive online activity",[1] when the computer system is able to run batch jobs without interference from online systems.

Common batch processing usage[edit] Databases[edit] Images[edit] Batch Production. Batch Production Exercise. Continuous production. Continuous Production. Automated Continuous Caramel Popcorn Production Line. Continuous Production Process. Continuous Production. Continuous production. Continuous production is a flow production method used to manufacture, produce, or process materials without interruption. Continuous production is called a continuous process or a continuous flow process because the materials, either dry bulk or fluids that are being processed are continuously in motion, undergoing chemical reactions or subject to mechanical or heat treatment.

Continuous processing is contrasted with batch production. Continuous usually means operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week with infrequent maintenance shutdowns, such as semi-annual or annual. Some chemical plants can operate for more than one or two years without a shutdown. Blast furnaces can run four to ten years without stopping.[1] Some common continuous processes are the following: Production workers in continuous production commonly work in rotating shifts.

Processes are operated continuously for practical as well as economic reasons. Semi-continuous processes[edit] History[edit] Shut-downs[edit] One off production. Single Item / One Off Production. A Design and Technology Site. Mass production. Mass production. Mass production of airplanes at Aircraft Plant No. 4, near Fort Worth, Texas. Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. With job production and batch production it is one of the three main production methods.[1] The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products, from fluids and particulates handled in bulk (such as food, fuel, chemicals, and mined minerals) to discrete solid parts (such as fasteners) to assemblies of such parts (such as household appliances and automobiles). Mass production is a diverse field, but it can generally be contrasted with craft production or distributed manufacturing.

It has occurred for centuries; there are examples of production methods that can best be defined as mass production that predate the Industrial Revolution. However, it has been widespread in human experience, and central to economics, only since the late 19th century. Overview[edit] History[edit] iPhone 5 manufacturing official promo video. Design & Technology: one-off, batch and mass production. Methods Of Production.