01 Answer first
What output figure should a buyer use to size a water bottling plant?
Use accepted and released saleable output for a defined SKU mix and operating period. Reconcile the complete line, scheduled losses, quality status, material supply, utilities, warehouse, and dispatch rather than multiplying one nominal equipment rate.
02 Where it fits
Position in the project journey
Capacity definition — before line sizing, commercial comparison, and acceptance planning.
03 Buyer inputs
What the buyer should prepare
- SKU demand scenarios
- Operating calendar
- Product release and warehouse rules
04 Allot Tech and manufacturing-resource inputs
What should be clarified or provided
- Declared equipment conditions
- Line constraint and interface data
- Proposed test basis
Allot Tech coordinates requirement, quotation and project communication. Detailed engineering, manufacture, testing, documentation and confirmed service are performed by selected manufacturing resources according to the signed scope.
05 Technical scope
Questions and work to control
Define the Output Unit and Reference Period
Choose bottles, packs, pallets, or another controlled unit and use the same SKU mix and period across demand, capacity, cost, and acceptance discussions.
Start With the Complete Line Constraint
Review treatment, bottle supply, filling, closing, labeling, coding, packing, pallet handling, utilities, labor, warehouse, and quality release as one system.
Separate Running Time From Available Time
Record planned shifts, breaks, cleaning, maintenance, format change, sampling, material replenishment, and other scheduled uses of the calendar.
Make Yield and Product Status Visible
Distinguish produced units from accepted units, rejected units, rework where permitted, quarantined stock, and released saleable stock.
Model the Approved SKU Mix
Calculate each relevant scenario using the planned product and pack mix because format rate, changeover, material handling, and quality work may differ.
Declare What the Supplier Can Test
FAT or performance tests use agreed samples, utilities, duration, staffing, and measurement rules. They do not reproduce every future operating condition.
Use Scenarios Instead of One Optimistic Number
Maintain a planning case, constrained case, and approved sensitivity basis tied to explicit inputs without implying future demand or utilization.
Approve a Capacity Reconciliation
The final basis should reconcile demand, operating calendar, line constraints, saleable yield, and storage or dispatch limits with named owners.
Buyer questions answered
Practical answers before you request a quotation
Is nominal bottles per hour the same as daily saleable output?
No. Daily output also depends on scheduled time, line constraints, losses, quality status, and the selected SKU mix.
Should every loss be fixed before quotation?
No. Record supported inputs and show unknown factors as assumptions or sensitivity cases.
Can FAT prove annual production?
FAT can test agreed conditions for a defined period; annual operation includes buyer systems and conditions outside that test.
06 Responsibility
Assign the owner before the work is due
Land, building and civil work, permits, import and customs, local taxes, site utilities, unloading, lifting, local labor, travel support and commissioning materials are not automatically included. Confirm every responsibility before order.
07 Common risks
What commonly creates avoidable uncertainty
- Nominal rate is treated as saleable output
- Quality holds disappear from the model
- Upstream and downstream constraints are omitted
08 Acceptance or completion
How to know the stage is complete
Approve when output is traceable to a defined period, SKU mix, complete-line constraint, scheduled time, yield, and release status.
09 Required documents
Records that support the decision
- Saleable-output model
- Capacity reconciliation
- Performance-basis register
10 Next project step
Turn this decision into a reviewable project brief
Share the product, container, target output, destination and available site information. Unknown inputs can remain open for the first review.
Turnkey scope is project-specific and is defined by the signed technical and commercial agreement.