UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE PEREIRA

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

SUMMARY OF LEAN MANUFACTURING

METHODS ENGINEERING
JORGE H. RESTREPO CORREA

NEYDER A. SANCHEZ RIOS

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ALEJANDRO TREJOS HOYOS
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PEREIRA RISARALDA, 15 DE AGOSTO DEL 2016

TAKT TIME

Takt Time is the result of dividing all the available seconds you have available, by
the number of units or products you need to process. Say for example: your plant
works 8 net hours, which is 28,800 seconds. Say that you need to produce 200
units in that period of time. This leaves your Takt time at 144 seconds or 2 minutes
and 24 seconds. Each time your cycle ends before the 144 second deadline, you
are good to comply with your goal but if any one of the steps in your process takes
more than that, some action must be taken. Sometimes this action may be simpler
than you would expect.
Assuming a product is made one unit at a time at a constant rate during the net
available work time, the takt time is the amount of time that must elapse between
two consecutive unit completions in order to meet the demand.
Takt time can be first determined with the formula:

Where
T = Takt time, e.g. [work time between two consecutive units]
Ta = Net time available to work, e.g. [work time per period]
D = Demand (customer demand), e.g. [units required per period].

Net available time is the amount of time available for work to be done. This
excludes break times and any expected stoppage time (for example scheduled
maintenance, team briefings, etc.).