Takt Time客户需求节拍
Takt time is the available production time divided by customer demand, expressed as the maximum pace at which a process must complete one unit to meet that demand. In line-balancing studies, work instructions, and capacity plans, it appears as a reference number for matching labor, equipment, and material flow, not as a measure of actual machine speed.
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Where this term appears
Production planning manuals, lean training courses, and dashboard labels are likely places where takt time appears in localization. Translators must decide whether to keep “takt” as a loanword or explain it as “customer demand pace,” and they must preserve seconds-per-unit values so that line-balancing calculations remain accurate across languages. It also appears in time-study reports and capacity simulations.
Translation checks
A frequent error is translating takt time as “cycle time” or “processing time,” which confuses required pace with actual time. This can cause production planners to set the wrong staffing or equipment speed, because the target cadence and the measured duration are not interchangeable. The error is especially damaging in line-balancing tables where both terms appear side by side.
Keep the term aligned across your files
Check equipment names, units, safety instructions and interface labels against the source and approved references. Confirm any market-specific document requirements separately.
Provide approved terms and previous translations with the source files. Agree how variants, ambiguous wording and revisions will be reviewed. Terminology maintenance and any termbase handback are confirmed in the project scope. See the 8-step AI + expert workflow.
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