Takt Time is the principle that all activity within a business is synchronised by a “drum beat”, set by the customer demand. This brings ‘calendar time’ into the equation.
Notice how neatly Takt time links with line balancing. You set the capacity of each process step to the demand of the customer.
Linking the internal value adding system directly to the customer may seem difficult but is necessary to allow the customer to pull value from the value adding system.
Each process link working in isolation at full speed will cause a mismatch between links. Some areas over-produce, some cannot keep up…