Time in Manufacturing

Analysis and Enhancement of Manufacturing Systems

Name: Verónica Guerrero Roa ID A01273898

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PART 1. INSTRUCTIONS: Investigate and provide a definition for the following four manufacturing terms.
Use at least two different sources (overall) and include the references in APA style.

Lead Time Throughput Time

Definition: Definition:
The time between the beginning and the end of a The amount of time required for a product to pass
production process. through a manufacturing process, thereby being
converted from raw materials into finished goods.

Reference: Reference:
mtm ingenieros. 2020. ¿Qué Es El Lead Time? Bragg, S. and Bragg, S., 2020. Manufacturing
[online] Available at: Throughput Time — Accountingtools. [online]
<http://mtmingenieros.com/knowledge/que-es- AccountingTools. Available at:
lead-time/> [Accessed 1 April 2020]. <https://www.accountingtools.com/articles/what-
is-manufacturing-throughput-time.html> [Accessed
1 April 2020].

Cycle Time Takt Time

Definition: Definition:
Throughput' is the number of items produced by a Maximum cycle time allowed to produce a product
process in a given period of time. And 'Cycle time' is and be able to meet demand.
the average time required to produced one item by
a process.

Reference:
Quora. 2020. What Is Throughput Time? Is It The
Same As Lead Time?. [online] Available at:
<https://www.quora.com/What-is-throughput-
time-Is-it-the-same-as-lead-time> [Accessed 1 April
Reference:
Olofsson, O., 2020. Tiempo Takt - Calculador.
[online] World-class-manufacturing.com. Available
at: <https://world-class-
manufacturing.com/es/takt_time/takt_time.html>
 2020]. [Accessed 1 April 2020].

Time in Manufacturing
Analysis and Enhancement of Manufacturing Systems

PART 2. INSTRUCTIONS: Create a graphic to show the difference between the four terms and add it below.
Make sure it fits the page and it is clear.

Lead Time + Throughput Time + Cycle Time + Takt Time