batch production
nounUK /bætʃ prəˈdʌkʃən/
US /bætʃ proʊˈdʌkʃən/
Batch production is when a factory makes a group of the same thing all at once before making something else.
The bakery uses batch production to make a hundred loaves of bread before switching to cakes.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A manufacturing method where identical items are produced in limited quantities at one time.
The company switched to batch production to handle small orders of custom parts.
3. The total amount of goods made in a single production cycle.
This week's batch production of soap yielded five hundred bars.
4. A way of making things in groups rather than one at a time or continuously.
Batch production helps the factory save time and materials.