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Available production time divided by customer demand. For example, if a factory operates 480 minutes per day and customer demand is 240 units per day, takt time is two minutes.
Meaning and application in management
Available production time divided by customer demand.
For example, if a factory operates 480 minutes per day and customer demand is 240 units per day, takt time is two minutes. Similarly, if customers want two new products per month, takt time is two weeks. The purpose of takt time is to precisely match production with demand by providing a rhythm for the production system. It is the heartbeat of a lean system.
See: Cycle Time, Heijunka, Just-in-Time Production, Operator Balance Chart, Pacemaker Process, Pitch, Takt Image.Keep learning with the lean vocabulary
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