TAKT TIME

MANAGEMENT
TAKT time is the maximum amount of
time in which a product needs to be
produced in order to satisfy customer
demand
The term comes from the German word
TAKT," which means PULSE.
Set by customer demand, TAKT creates
the pulse or rhythm across all
processes in a business to ensure

WHY DO WE NEED
TAKT TIME

TAKT time is more than a metric of time

its a whole different way of thinking
for running operations.
TAKT creates a constant pulse across
processes, which will immediately
highlight capacity issues,
synchronization issues among
processes, quality issues and many
others.
TAKT ensures that all the capacity in a
business is planned and utilized and

HOW TO
CALCULATE TAKT
TIMEPRODUCTION

TIME AVAILABLE
TAKT TIME=

CUSTOMER
DEMAND
Where
Production time available = total
production time breaks maintenance
activities shift changeover clean
down time
and

For Instance -> If time available per day for

production is 27600 sec and customer
demand per day is 460 pieces