Scales of Production. Batch Production. Production methods - Batch production. Author: Jim Riley Last updated: Sunday 23 September, 2012 Production & operations - Batch production Batch production occurs when many similar items are produced together.
Each batch goes through one stage of the production process before moving onto next stage. Good examples include: What is batch production. Batch production. Batch production is a technique used in manufacturing, in which the object in question is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and different batches of products are made.
With job production (one-off production) and flow production (continuous production) it is one of the three main production methods.[1] Batch production is most common in bakeries and in the manufacture of sports shoes, pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), purifying water, 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.