Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Takt Time, Calculation of Takt Time

Takt Time

The rate that a product needs to be finished in order to meet customer demand
                - Takt Time is “Beat Time”, “Rate Time” or “Heart Beat”



  • To meet customer demand cycle time should be equal to or less than Takt time.
  • If Takt time is greater than cycle time of any process that means there have a bottleneck, Need to increase Takt time for balanced line & smooth Single piece flow.
  • Decrease operator absenteeism 
  • Decrease machine downtime 
  • Improve quality
“Takt time is the Heart of Single piece flow”

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