Browse Publications Technical Papers 1999-01-1635
1999-05-10

The Importance of Takt Time in Manufacturing System Design 1999-01-1635

Lean production has greatly influenced the way manufacturing systems should be designed. One important aspect of lean production is takt time. Takt time relates customer demand to available production time and is used to pace the production. This paper applies the manufacturing system design and deployment framework to describe the impact of takt time on both the design and the operation of a manufacturing system. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the relevant relationships of takt time to overall system design.

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