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takt time [′tak ‚tīm] (industrial engineering) The rate of customer demand, calculated by dividing the available production time by the quantity the customer requires in that time. The reciprocal of the production rate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Product reporting provides canned reports by line, station, step, and takt time, as well as sending relevant alerts about production. An overview of the primary Lean Principles--Point-of-use Manufacturing, Pull Systems, One-piece/continuous Flow, TAKT Time, Visual Factory, Total Elimination of Waste, and Continuous Improvement. Takt time -- careful calculation of the rate at which a task must be completed in order to meet demand; the customer's pull, that is, sets the pace, not the producer's ability to push it (takt is the German word for the baton with which an orchestra conductor establishes the musical beat; it came into use when Japan and Germany were allies in World War II) |
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