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Takt Time Calculator

Takt time is the rhythm at which you must finish one unit to meet demand. Enter your shifts and your daily demand to find it.

Takt time

60 s

One unit must be finished every 60 seconds (1 minutes).

Units per hour

60

Production time per day

7.5 h

Minimum stations

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How it works

  1. Enter the length of one shift in hours, the break time taken during it, and how many shifts run per day.
  2. Type the number of units customers need per day.
  3. Optionally add the total work content of one unit in seconds to see how many stations or people you need.
  4. Read the takt time in seconds and the units per hour, and compare them with your real cycle time.

What people use it for

  • Line balancing

    Check whether a 90-second assembly can keep up with a demand of 300 units on one shift.

  • Capacity planning

    See what happens to the takt time when demand rises by a third.

  • Small workshops

    Set a target pace for packing orders per day.

Questions

What is the formula?
Takt time = net available production time per day ÷ customer demand per day. Net time is the shift length minus breaks, multiplied by the number of shifts. With 8 hours, 30 minutes of breaks and 450 units on one shift, it is 27 000 s ÷ 450 = 60 seconds.
How is the minimum number of stations found?
The total work content of one unit divided by the takt time, rounded up. A product needing 150 seconds of work at a 60-second takt needs at least 3 stations or people. It is a lower bound: unbalanced work usually needs more.
Is takt time the same as cycle time?
No. Takt is the pace demand requires, cycle time is the pace your process actually achieves. If the cycle time is longer than the takt, you cannot meet demand without more stations, more shifts or less work per unit.