Batch Production
What Batch Production means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Making groups of identical items, such as a bakery producing 50 chocolate muffins before switching to blueberry, balancing variety with lower costs.
Making a set quantity of identical items before switching to another batch.
A method of production where a group of identical products are made together, passing through the production stages at the same time.
A method of production where groups of identical items are made together, before the machinery is altered to make a different batch.
A method where a quantity of identical items are produced together, before the equipment is reset to produce a different batch.
Producing a set quantity of identical items before moving on to a different item.
Topics that use Batch Production
- Influences on business (AQA GCSE)
- Production processes (AQA GCSE)
- The elements of the marketing mix: price, product, promotion and place (4Ps) (AQA GCSE)
- Business operations (Eduqas GCSE)
- Production processes (OCR GCSE)
- Business operations (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Flow Production
- Job Production
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Buffer stock
- Business operations
- Extension Strategy
- Lean production
- Market Segmentation
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