Instructions: You are currently working on an improvement project to address the problem that customer demand for widget output is not being met. Your company is growing quickly, customers love your widgets, and you are having trouble keeping up with demand. You will measure the extent of the problem, make improvements, measure again, and repeat improvements and measurements until customer demand is met. Fill out the yellow areas to complete the assignment.

Your first task is to figure out Takt time. Takt time is expressed as production time divided by average

customer demand during that production time. You know that the customer wants 1600 widgets per day and the production facility has one 8-hour shift per day. You want to figure out Takt time in minutes per unit so that you can more easily do other calculations to measure the extent of the problem and make improvements. I.e. how many minutes per unit would be allowed for the facility to be able to meet customer demand?

TAKT TIME
Customer demand in units per day CD (given):	CD = _____ UNITS/DAY
Production time in minutes per day: