Cycle time (production)
In production planning, the cycle time is the time in which an entire production program of a system has run through once.
Some productions are characterized by the fact that similar products with different properties are manufactured on the same equipment. When changing from one product to the next, the systems usually have to be converted . Often a certain order sequence is optimal. One example is a rolling mill in the steel industry, on which structural steel is rolled in initially small and subsequently ever larger dimensions . A (small) brewery can also be an example.
The production cycle is complete when the entire production program has been processed once. The time required for this is the cycle time. It can also be said that it is the lead time of a program consisting of several orders.
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- ↑ See: Tysiak, Wolfgang: Introduction to the manufacturing economy. Munich: Hanser, 2000. - ISBN 3-446-21522-0 . P. 235.