How to calculate No of workstations from Takt time and Cycle Time

9 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / By Melvin Vincent

Suppose takt time of a product is 3.5 seconds and cycle time an operation is 14 seconds. Here I will explain how to calculate no of workstations from takt time and cycle time, for completing this operation so as to meet the customer demand.

No of workstation = Cycle time / takt time

= 14/3.5

= 4 nos

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Jeevanandham M

4 years ago

Is Cycle Time includes unpacking of material, tools arrangements

Melvin Vincent

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Reply to Jeevanandham M

4 years ago

Cycle time includes all works related to an operation.

Hilal Ali

4 years ago

Simple and good explanation… Very useful. Thanks alot.

Melvin Vincent

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Reply to Hilal Ali

4 years ago

Thanks

Ashok Varma

4 years ago

Hi Melvin,

I believe what you have considered as cycle time in this article is more rightly called the total work content or total time required to complete the job.

Cycle time is similar to Takt time. Cycle time may vary for each station and is the time required to complete a job on that station. If the system is perfectly line balanced, cycle time would be the same on each station;
where as Takt time is the rate at which the product has to be manufactured to meet customer demand.

Thanks!
Ashok.

Melvin Vincent

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Reply to Ashok Varma

4 years ago

Thanks for feedback

Muhammad Amin

4 years ago

Thank you sir

Taher

4 years ago

Hi Melvin,

I do think that you are using the right terminology and wording for the cycle time. Could please share the Operations Management source for your cycle time definition?

Best,
Taher

Melvin Vincent

Author

Reply to Taher

4 years ago

Its written from my experience, Taher.

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