Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E146: Why Lean Teaches Takt Time Instead of Productivity Metrics

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In this episode, I share a topic that has come up when teaching Takt Time to my students.

Takt time is the available time divided by the customer demand. It measures how fast each unit needs to be produced.

Productivity is often a measure of the number of units produced in an hour.

I explain how they are inverse numbers of each other, but why Takt Time is preferred.

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