Production
Starting a batch
How to start a production batch against an approved recipe, full or quick, and what Crown sets up when you do.
A batch is one production run of a product. Starting it creates the live production record you'll work through on the floor: the stages to complete, the lots you consume, and the finished goods you produce all hang off it.
Before you start
An approved recipe version. You can only start a batch against a product that has an approved recipe; draft recipes aren't selectable. If your recipe is still in draft, approve it first.
Starting a batch
- Open Batches and start a new one
Open Batches from the main menu and click '+ New batch'. The new-batch drawer opens on the right.
- Choose the product
Pick the product you're making. Only products with an approved recipe appear; Crown selects that product's latest approved recipe version automatically.
- Choose the batch mode
Pick Full batch or Quick batch (see below). Full batch is the normal choice for recipe-guided production.
- Review the preflight checks
Crown shows what the recipe needs against what's on hand: ingredient quantities, plus any calibration or held-lot warnings. These are advisory and don't block the start; you'll pick actual lots on the production floor.
- Start the batch
Add an optional note and select Start batch. Crown assigns a batch number and opens the batch in progress, ready to record against.
Full batch vs. quick batch
Full batch walks the recipe's stages and items in order on the production floor, with lot assignment and measurements recorded as you go. Use it for normal production; it builds the complete traceability and monitoring record.
Quick batch skips stage-by-stage execution and captures the essentials in a single form: ingredient lots, the recipe's critical control point readings, packaging counts, and yield. Use it for rework, R&D runs, or logging production that happened off-system. As on the full-batch floor, every critical control point needs a reading (or a logged deviation) before you can complete the batch, and an out-of-range CCP reading raises a deviation automatically.
What's next
With the batch open, work through the floor. See Recording production steps.