How to Calculate Standard Output of an Assembly Line

In this article I will explain how to calculate standard output of an assembly line. Standard output is the no of products to be produced from an assembly line or operation, in a particular time period, if all operation in the assembly line completes at its respective standard time.

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Ok, lets start calculating standard output.

Suppose there is an assembly line with 4 operations A, B, C and D with standard time 7, 5, 9 and 3 minutes respectively.

First thing we need to do is to identify the bottleneck operation.

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In this case, bottleneck operation is operation C.

And the standard time of the operation C is 9 minutes.

Now we have all the data.

Standard output can be calculated for any period of time. Here we are calculating for one shift, which has working time 420 minutes.

Standard output of assembly line = 420/9
= 46.66
And after round down it is 46 nos

Formula for calculating standard output is Working time / Standard time

We have done with the calculation.

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