Products
Two products for two workplaces: W-Make Batch for running production with silos, postings and day close, W-Make Recipe for recipe work at the desk.
Overview
W-Make Batch is meant for shift operations with silos, postings and day close. If you only want to develop, calculate and print recipes, W-Make Recipe is the better fit. W-Make Recipe Classic is the older, even leaner version of it. The Next and React variants show W-Make Batch with a renewed interface on the same domain core and are mainly of interest to technical readers.
The demo runs at batch.w-make.com and is password-protected. Temporary access is available on request. Request access →
01
For running production · reference version
The complete version. Postings, stock and shift handover share one data model.
Batch management for container-glass production, designed for furnaces pulling 150 to 600 t/d: from batch sheet through silo and batch log to the daily log, with the shift book as the everyday workplace.
Node.js · Express · SQLite · Web Components · native tests · Playwright
02
For recipe work · current version
For anyone who develops and checks recipes without having to open a shift.
The workbench for recipes, raw materials and glass chemistry: calculate a recipe, compare versions and pass the result on as PDF, Excel or printout. Silos, shifts and production postings are not part of it.
Next.js 16 · React · TypeScript · Drizzle ORM · SQLite · Vitest · Playwright
03
For recipe work · classic interface
For quick recipe questions, with no shift operation or silos involved.
The lean web interface for recipes, raw materials, glass chemistry, cost and batch sheets. It runs with no connection to live operations.
Node.js · Express · SQLite · Web Components · Vite
04
Technical variant · Next.js migration
The domain rules stay in the backend while the new interface takes over step by step.
W-Make Batch with a new Next.js interface on the same Express/SQLite core. In domain terms it matches the complete operations version.
Next.js 16 · TypeScript · Node.js · Express · SQLite · Playwright
05
Technical variant · React frontend
A controlled change of interface: the backend API stays stable.
A standalone Next.js frontend for the existing Express/SQLite core of W-Make Batch.
Next.js 16 · React 19 · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · SWR · Playwright
By topic
Batch log software
Post batches, deduct silo stock and keep corrections traceable.
Batch sheet software
Create batches from the recipe, then check, print and post them.
Glass batch calculation
From oxide composition to batch weights, with a worked example.
To forward to colleagues who have a say in the decision. W-Make Batch: from recipe to day close (12 pages) · W-Make Recipe: calculate and compare glass recipes (9 pages)
For IT and engineering
Each variant runs on its own domain. Every release also has a second domain that holds the state at the time of release, with its own container, database snapshot and certificate. The number in the domain name (e.g. 6.3.0) comes from the internal release numbering; the application's own product version is shown on the sign-in screen (currently v1.1.0).
Variant
Technology
Domains
W-Make Batch · Vanilla
Operations · reference version
Full shift operations with silo, postings and day close. The reference for the data model.
Node.js · Express · SQLite · Web Components
W-Make Recipe · Next
Recipe work · current version
Recipes, raw materials, glass chemistry and target composition as a typed Next.js application.
Next.js 16 · Drizzle ORM · SQLite · Vitest
W-Make Recipe · Classic
Recipe work · classic interface
The older, lean workbench for recipes, raw materials, glass chemistry and batch sheets.
Node.js · Express · SQLite · Web Components
W-Make Batch · Next
Operations · Next.js migration
W-Make Batch with a new interface. The backend core stays, and the client is replaced step by step.
Next.js 16 · Express · SQLite · TypeScript
W-Make Batch · React
Operations · React frontend
A standalone React frontend on the same backend core.
Next.js 16 · React 19 · Tailwind CSS · SWR
The version domains no longer change. That way the state of a release can still be checked later.
Outside the glass industry I also build applications for Android, Windows, Linux and the browser. These projects are not publicly presented yet.
First call · 30 minutes · free
A few sentences about the process are enough: what runs in lists or side calculations today, and who works with it. Within two working days you get a reply and a clear view of whether I am the right person for it.