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Makespan

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003510

The total time required to complete a set of tasks or jobs from start to finish in a production or scheduling system. It represents the duration from the beginning of the first operation to the completion of the last operation. Minimizing makespan is a common objective in production planning to maximize throughput and efficiency.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003510
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: Durchlaufzeit; Spanish: tiempo total de fabricación; French: makespan
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003510",
  "term": "Makespan",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The total time required to complete a set of tasks or jobs from start to finish in a production or scheduling system. It represents the duration from the beginning of the first operation to the completion of the last operation. Minimizing makespan is a common objective in production planning to maximize throughput and efficiency.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Durchlaufzeit",
    "es": "tiempo total de fabricación",
    "fr": "makespan"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/makespan/"
}

Record 3,816 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.