Takt Time Calculator

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Simple: enter total available time and total demand. Batch: adjust for items produced per batch. Weekly: build up available time from shift hours, days, and breaks.
Net production time per period after subtracting all planned breaks and downtime. Default is 480 min (an 8-hour shift).
min
Number of units customers need in the same period.
units
Takt timeModerate pace
120s

You must start a new unit (or batch) every this many seconds to meet demand.

Takt time2min
Available production time28,800s
Effective demand240batches
120 s
Extreme pace<10High pace10-60Moderate pace60-300Low pace300+

Takt time: 2.00 min per unit.

  • Your production pace target is one unit every 2.00 minutes (120.0 seconds).
  • If your actual cycle time is longer than this takt time, the line will fall behind demand - that gap is the first bottleneck to investigate.

Next stepCompare this takt time to your measured cycle time for each station. Any station whose cycle time exceeds takt time is a bottleneck that will cause a backlog.

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