To define takt time, you need to divide the production time available by customer demand. … We advise you to include only the time your team will be actively working on creating value for your customers. This means that you should exclude breaks, scheduled maintenances, and shift changeovers (if there are any).

Does takt time include downtime?

Net available time = 8.5 + 8.5 = 17 hours per day (Note that we DO NOT subtract the 30 minute breaks because Takt time includes planned downtime.)

What does takt time depend on?

What is Takt Time? Based on customer demand, takt time has nothing to do with how fast equipment operates or how fast workers are able to move. It is the blunt reality of how fast production must be to make deadlines. Takt time is the number of units in an order divided by the amount of workable production hours.