From the course: From Resisting to Embracing Lean: A Case Study

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Takt capability

Takt capability

From the course: From Resisting to Embracing Lean: A Case Study

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Takt capability

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- All right, so Felipe, throughout the day we've heard about high-mix, high-volume. It's a very challenging environment to implement the traditional name tools. So what about takt time? How are you guys handling takt time in this type of a work environment? - Right, so basically what we've done is we don't use takt times. We barely use takt time here. We only use takt time in the cells where we always have repetitive parts, same parts, same work concept, same everything. That's the only place where we use takt time. In other areas, like in this area specifically, we use a concept called takt capability. So it's a concept we've kind of... It's a lean concept, but we've implemented it in here, so it's practical for us. The way we use takt capability is we come up with an average of different demand and different work content of parts, and we we develop this chart here as you can see to be able to make quick decisions…

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