Throughput Time
Flow
Throughput Time
Total elapsed time for a unit to travel through a process from entry to completion.
Examples
- 01Throughput time for a gearbox is 8 days, from cutting the first blank to the end-of-line test.
- 02The team follows a tagged gearbox through the gemba with a log sheet to measure real throughput time, which is 2 days longer than the system shows.
- 03After WIP limits are set at each step, throughput time drops from 8 to 3 days while daily output stays the same.