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Takt time

Takt time is the pace at which a product must be completed to meet demand: the available production time divided by the number of units required.

Also known as takt, takt planning, cycle time, line takt, production rhythm

If a wall line has 7 hours of production time a day and must deliver 70 wall elements, the takt time is 6 minutes. Each station then has to finish its work on an element within those 6 minutes, or the line falls behind.

Takt time differs from cycle time, which is how long a station actually takes. Comparing the two per station shows where the line is balanced and where a bottleneck sits.

Related terms
BottleneckA bottleneck is the step in a production process with the least capacity, which limits the output of the whole line. Lean productionLean production is a way of organising manufacturing around a continuous flow of value to the customer, removing every step that does not add to it. Production planningProduction planning decides what a factory produces, in what order and on which line, to meet delivery dates with the capacity available.
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