Takt time is rate and pace of production of something to meet the customers’ requirement.
It denotes the RATE and PACE of production
TAKT time= Planned production time/ Customers’ Demand
It gives an idea about what should be the production rate so that customer’s demand are adequately met.
To understand takt time in depth let’s see a scenario where
- Production requirement per month=120000 units
- Actual working day/month=22
- Daily production requirement=5454.54 units (120000/22)
- Daily Production time= 8 hours- (2×30 minutes break)= 7 hours
- Number of shifts=2
Calculating takt time
First of all we should calculate the total daily production time=7×2=14 hours
=14×60=840 minutes
Takt time= Daily production time/daily production requirement
=(840 min/day)/(5454.54 units/day)
=0.154 min/unit
=9.24 seconds/unit
This means in order to meet the customers’ demand we draw out a box of item every 9.24 seconds out of the end/packing line.
There are various benefits of takt time. Some of them are:
- Keeping track of production rates
- Checking over production
- Managing overtime
- Making it easier for planning
- Generating fewer errors
- Improving price management
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