Our latest article dives into the nuance of cycle time and takt time, here is a snippet with a link to the full read below.
How can you improve an end-to-end process without knowing your full production capabilities? You can’t, surmises Larry Coté, president of consulting firm Lean Advisors Inc.
“Without this, you won’t know how to determine costs, what resources and equipment are needed, or how long it will take to deliver products. These are all key elements, and cycle time plays an extremely important role in all of them, particularly when the cycle time in one area is causing the rest of the system to bog down or move too fast for the remainder of the system to handle it. This disrupts flow and creates waste.”
https://www.mscdirect.com/betterMRO/metalworking/cycle-time-vs-takt-time...
Does your shop measure cycle time or takt time, or both?