Batch Quantity

The batch quantity is the standard quantity of an item that is produced in each production run.  If you do not use batch sizing, you simply define the batch quantity as 1.

Batch quantity is expressed in the stockkeeping unit of measure.  For example, a cookie manufacturer might stock chocolate chip cookies in boxes containing 3 dozen cookies.  However, the company might make 300 dozen cookies (or enough to fill 100 boxes) at a time.  In this case, the manufacturer would define the stockkeeping unit of measure as box; the batch quantity would be 100.

All bill of material quantities must be defined in terms of the batch quantity.  In the previous example, the amount of flour on the chocolate chip cookie's bill of material must be the amount required to produce 100 boxes of cookies, rather than the amount required to produce either a single box or a single cookie.

Within Manufacturing Engineering, routings are also expressed in terms of batch quantities.  Note that the planning modules do not create manufacturing orders or production schedules based on the batch quantity.  To create manufacturing orders where the quantity is always a multiple of a fixed batch size, you would need to define the planning policy code as fixed quantity.  For more information about planning policy codes, refer to the Production Planning and Scheduling key concept.

The batch quantity is defined on the Planning screen of the Part Master Maintenance conversation.  It defaults to one.