What is Takt Time?In Lean Manufacturing takt time is the rate at which a finished product needs to be completed in order to meet customer demand. If company has a takt time of five minutes, that means every five minutes a complete product/part, assembly or machine is produced off line because on average a customer is buying a finished product every five minutes. The sell rate- every hour, every days or week is takt time. Takt time is also known as "beat time", "rate time" or "heartbeat".

Takt Time CalculationIn order to use the Takt Time Calculator, you will need two numbers. The first number that is required is D, or the average customer demand for that item per day. The second number is W, or the total available production time in seconds per day. To find "T", you would divide W by D. This will give you the Takt time.



T = W / D in seconds = Takt time.



Special RulesThere are some rules that need to be followed for this calculation. You need …