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Cycle Time

The time needed to complete one unit at a process step, observed from start to start.

Examples

  1. 01A drilling station has a cycle time of 52 seconds against a takt of 60 seconds.
  2. 02Operators measure 10 cycles with a stopwatch and use the most frequent value.
  3. 03An office measures 8 minutes cycle time per processed order.

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