About Process Batches
A batch is an uninterrupted activity that is performed between two points in time, occupies one or more resources and creates a product. A process batch pertains to production. A distinctive characteristic is that the inflow of the batch is qualitatively different from its outflow in that some characteristic of the product is different. It is, in effect, a different entity, whether it is an intermediate or end product in the production flow.
If a process batch is subdivided over several processes, the parts assigned to individual processes are called parallel batches. Each parallel batch occupies one resource. Because of the different characteristics of each process, the setup and changeover segments in the parallel batches belonging to a process batch may be different.
There are two types of process batches, flow and batch.
If you want to find orders related to a batch, select the batches in the planning board or the overview window. Then press and hold the Shift key and open a new order overview window by selecting .
You can open up to four Process Batches overview windows.
From the
Process Batches overview window, to view a selection
of batches in the planning board, select batches and click the
button:
From the Process Batches overview window, you can manually sort the list of batches by clicking .
In the
Process Batches overview window, click
. In the
Quick Edit dialog box, you can quickly modify these
common properties of the selected Process Batch:
- Status
- Resource Memo
- Start Time
- End Time
These tabs are displayed in the Process batch entry window (Menu: .)
- General tab - This tab allows you to enter generic information about the process batch.
- Orders tab - This tab shows the orders associated with the process batch.
- Inflow Products Tab - This tab shows the products used in the process batch.
- By-Products tab - This tab shows any by-products made because of this batch.
- Claim and Allocation tab - This tab allows you to assign resources and utilities needed for this batch along with the related details.
- Status Attributes tab - This tab allows you to specify a status and set specific status attributes as desired.
- Custom Fields tab - This tab allows you to enter values for custom fields that you may have defined when defining preferences.