Takt Time - Assembly and Production Line Balancing for JIT Production

The classic calculation for takt time is:

Available Minutes for Production / Required Units of Production = Takt Time

 The “pure” definition is usually to take the total shift time(s) and subtract breaks, meetings, and other administrative non-working time. This is the way Shingijutsu teaches it.

The Purpose of Takt Time

Running to takt time is not necessary for moving towards lean. Many factories operate just fine without even knowing what it is. What is needed is some way to determine the minimum resource necessary to get the job done (eliminating muda), and a way to continuously compare what is actually happening vs. what should be happening, and then a process to immediately act on any difference (jidoka). 

Takt time is  a tool for doing it in JIT.  It is a very effective tool and  it is largely considered a necessary fundamental. 

http://theleanthinker.com/2010/04/28/takt-time-cycle-time/

https://lecturenotesblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/takt-time-target-manpower-and-line-balancing/

Takt and Line Balancing

https://www.allaboutlean.com/line-balancing-1/   (Total 6 articles)

https://www.coursera.org/lecture/wharton-operations/takt-time-Z5Vif

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/20/operations-management-basics-takt-time-target-manpower-and-line-balancing/

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01094679/file/HAL_APMS%2714_Dynamic_Reconfiguration.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978917303578/pdf?md5=cbce08810f00108629eac7601730e7e7&pid=1-s2.0-S2351978917303578-main.pdf

https://globaljournals.org/GJRE_Volume14/4-Assembly-Line-Balancing.pdf

http://www.ieomsociety.org/paris2018/papers/471.pdf

https://inpressco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Paper2102-106.pdf

https://www.ijtra.com/view/information-by-the-people-for-the-people-for-development.pdf

https://www.ijraset.com/fileserve.php?FID=4630

https://industrial-excellence-award.eu/fileadmin/data/pdf/Publications/Case_Article_The_Fendt_VarioTak-Revolutionizing_Mixed-Model_AssemblyLine_Production.pdf

https://nandiniananthula.com/line-balancing/

http://psrcentre.org/images/extraimages/22%20813523.pdf

Ud 29.8.2021

Pub 23.9.2012