Organizational specificity of batch production enterprises of processing industry

Abstract

This article deals with the approaches to the management of batch production in enterprises of processing industries. The advantages of batch production in comparison with piece production and continuous production are proved in the text. The authors show the mechanism of parallel or consecutive production line management. The comparison of key parameters of batch production in foreign and Russian enterprises is carried out in the article. The authors describe similarity and difference of batch production at the enterprises which are characterized by the discontinuity of production cycle with an exact calculation of temporal parameters of the stages of direct labor process. This comparison is made according to the methodology of similarity determination of the elements of production management in its various types and primarily in batch and piece production. Three variants of productive process modernization of the batch production are analyzed in the text of the article. Their integrating efficiency is assessed using such parameters as annual production volume of output, production cycle continuity, level of prime equipment load.