Takt time is the time in which a manufacturer should produce a product so as to satisfy customer demand. This can be called as pulse of lean manufacturing.
How to calculate Takt time
Suppose a manufacturer have a customer who wants 500 units per day. Presently the manufacturer works in two shifts and working time per shift is 420 minutes. Here takt time can be calculated as follows.
No of units to be produced per shift = 500/2
= 250 nos
Takt time = 420/250
= 1.68 minutes.
This means the manufacturer should produce a unit in every 1.68 minutes of his production time.
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So the formula for takt time is, working time per shift / demand per shift
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