Understanding yield

Yield is how Crown measures what a batch actually produced against what you expected. You set a target on the recipe, and when you complete a batch, Crown compares your real output to that target and to how much you packaged. Tracking yield over time tells you whether your process is consistent and where you're losing product.

Expected yield on the recipe

Every recipe version carries an expected yield, which you can enter two ways:

• As a percentage when you create the recipe (for example, 94), meaning you expect to keep 94% of your batch size as usable output.
• As an absolute output in the recipe editor (for example, 940 mL from a 1000 mL batch). Crown derives the percentage from this.

Either way, Crown stores an expected output figure for the recipe. That figure is the baseline every batch is measured against.

Production yield

When every stage is complete, select Enter yield & complete and record your actual output in the product's unit. Crown shows the production yield: your actual output as a percentage of the recipe's expected output. A figure near 100% means you hit your target; well under means you lost more than expected.

Crown QMSRecording yield at batch completion

For products measured by count, you don't enter a bulk figure. Crown takes your total output as the sum of the units you filled per SKU.

Packaging yield

If you record packaging in the same step, Crown also shows a packaging yield: how much of your bulk output actually made it into containers, based on each SKU's unit size times the number you filled.

Why it's worth getting right

Crown compares every batch's actual yield to the recipe's expected output, so the expected figure is your baseline for spotting variance. An inaccurate baseline makes every comparison misleading. If your recipe's expected yield doesn't match what you consistently produce, update it on a new recipe version. See Managing recipe versions.

What's next

Yield is recorded as part of wrapping up a batch. See Releasing a batch for the full path from production complete to released finished goods.