#18. LM Inc. manufactures air filters used in lawn mowers. The demand for these filters 6,480 units per week. LMs available productive time is 90 hours per week based on two shifts, six days per week. The filter production is completed in four work cells and the production time per work cell is as follows:

work cell	cycle time
cell 1	90 seconds
cell 2	125 seconds
cell 3	105 seconds
cell 4	75 seconds

a. Calculate the Takt Time in seconds.

b. Calculate the total cycle time in seconds?

c. How many employees are needed for the production process?

d. What is the key driver of Takt Time: production or demand? (Circle the correct answer.) e. What is the strategic role of Takt Time in an organization? Explain why you think this is strategic.