Takt time

The takt time is referred to the available work time to completely satisfy all customer order demands within a defined work period. It defines the available work time to complete all order in time, the cycle time of each unit should be less than or equal to the takt time in order to produce the required units during each time period. If the cycle time is equal to the takt time, the production process is said to be at capacity.This does not include any plant downtime which can reduce total takt time. The takt time requirements for each product should be considered for when adding capacity to an existing production line or building a new production facility.

For example: if the available work time in a work day is 7.5 hrs and 200 units of production are required then the takt time can be calculated as: Minutes available for production: 7.5hrs= 7.5hrs x 60= 450 minutes Units required: 200 Takt time: 450/200 = 2.25 minutes So the takt time for this process is 2.25 minutes, this means that in order to produce all of the units required in one full production day, each unit must be completed in 2.25 minutes or less.

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