Set Up Batch Times

If you schedule your production, you can unlock two interesting features in FlexiBake by setting up batch times. The batch time is the amount of time required to complete a recipe or a product. If you use multiple recipes to represent stages in the production process, then the batch time would be the amount of time required to complete that stage.

For example, the batch time for a dough recipe would be the time required to mix the dough

Please note that the batch time is an estimate of the average time required. We recommend tracking the time taken to complete a recipe or process a few times, then taking the average as the batch time. 

To set up batch times for a recipe:

1.  In the Inventory Centre, click on Maintain Recipes.                                                                                                         
2. Open the appropriate recipe by either double-clicking on it, or clicking on it once to highlight, then clicking Edit in the lower left corner.        
3. Click on the Production tab.
   
   
   
4. In the Batch Time field, enter the time in minutes.
   
   
   
5. Click OK  to save your changes.
    

To set up batch times for a product:

1. In the Inventory Centre, click on Maintain Products.                                                                                       
2. Open a product by either double-clicking on it, or clicking on it once to highlight, then clicking Edit in the lower left corner.                   
3. Click on the Ingredients tab.
   
   
   
4. In the Batch Time field, enter the time in minutes.
   
   
   
5. Click OK  to save your changes.
   

Once you have batch times set for your production items, you can now start keeping a record of the actual time taken. To see how, please see the tutorial Recording Actual Production Times.