Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 9P
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To determine: Takt time if match capacity and demand.
Introduction: Takt refers to “musical meter” or “pulse” in German. Takt time is the process duration required in a production system to counterpart the velocity of manufacturing to the request rate. It is once in a while said to be the pulse of a lean production system. It is the greatest measure of time in which an item should be delivered with a specific end goal to fulfill client request.
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