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Takt Time in Manufacturing

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If goods are made faster than the customer wants them, the result is to build inventory, which is a form of waste in lean. When setting up a new production line: The cycle time of the bottleneck operation must be at least equal to the takt time. Unusually for lean manufacturing, “takt” is a German, rather than Japanese, word.

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Kanban Systems in Manufacturing

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By controlling production, it imposes a “pull” system that highlights bottlenecks and drives out waste. History and principles of kanban Kanban was developed as part of the Toyota Production System (TPS) when raw materials were in short supply throughout the years following World War II. What is a kanban system?