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Takt time

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005864

The maximum amount of time in which a product must be manufactured to satisfy customer demand. It is calculated by dividing the available production time by the customer demand for that period. This metric is a cornerstone of lean manufacturing, synchronizing production with sales rates.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005864
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
ReferencesTakt Time (Lean Enterprise Institute)
TranslationsGerman: Taktzeit; Spanish: takt time; French: takt time
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005864",
  "term": "Takt time",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The maximum amount of time in which a product must be manufactured to satisfy customer demand. It is calculated by dividing the available production time by the customer demand for that period. This metric is a cornerstone of lean manufacturing, synchronizing production with sales rates.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "references": [
    "Takt Time (Lean Enterprise Institute)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Taktzeit",
    "es": "takt time",
    "fr": "takt time"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/takt-time/"
}

Record 6,407 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.