Takt Time

Track changes to the average time spent between starting to work on one unit and starting the next.

The Advanced ROI Module allows you to record not just the time saved in terms of people affected, but the time saved from starting work on one unit and starting on the next — Takt Time impacts.

Who can manage your organization's Takt Time impacts?

Anyone with the "Quality Administrator" permission can:

• Create a new Takt Time or folder
• Edit an existing Takt Time or folder
• Delete an existing Takt Time or folder

Create a new Takt Time or folder

Takt Time folder

Folders are used to organize the list of Takt Times. Any number of Takt Times can be nested under a folder, but a folder can not be nested under another folder.

To create a new folder, navigate to the Admin area and click Takt Time. The "Takt Time" administration page will open. 

• Click Add.
• Click Create Folder in the resulting drop-down menu and the "Create Folder" window will open.
  • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this folder.
  • Description: Enter an optional description in this field. The description will appear when hovering over this folder's name.
  • Locations: Use this field to search for and select any Locations which should have access to this folder. Only users in the selected Locations will be able to see this folder when logging an Item's impact.
  • Click Save.
• Click and drag the folder into the proper position on the list of Takt Times if necessary.

Takt Time

To create a new Takt Time, navigate to the Admin area and click Takt Time. The "Takt Time" administration page will open.

• Click Add.
• Click Create Takt Time in the resulting drop-down menu and the "Create Takt Time" window will open.
  
  • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this Takt Time.
  • Description: Enter an optional description in this field. The description will appear when hovering over this Takt Time's name.
  • Rate: Enter the estimated hourly rate for this Takt Time so that the system can calculate the financial impact of each recorded Takt Time impact.
  • Currency: Expand the drop-down to select the currency that should be used by this Takt  Time. This option will only appear if your organization has multiple currencies enabled.
  • The Default checkbox: When enabled, each time someone records that their Item resulted in a Takt Time impact, this particular Takt Time will be selected for them automatically. They will still be able to change it to another Takt Time if necessary.
    
    There can only be one default Takt Time.
  • Locations: Use this field to search for and select any Locations which should have access to this Takt Time. Only users in the selected Locations will be able to select this Takt Time when logging an Item's impact.
  • Under the Advanced header:
    
    • Hours/Day: Enter the number of hours per day this process runs.
    • Days/Week: Enter the number of days per week this process runs.
    • Weeks/Year: Enter the number of weeks per year this process runs.
    • This information will let the system more accurately calculate the time saved by any recorded Takt Time impacts.
  • Click Save.
• Click and drag the Takt Time into the proper position on the list or into (or out of) a folder if necessary.

Edit a Takt Time or folder

Takt Time folder

To edit a folder, navigate to the Admin area and click Takt Time. The "Takt Time" administration page will open. 

• Hover over the folder you want to edit so it's highlighted in blue.
• Click the pencil icon that appears to its right and the "Edit Types" window will open.
  
  • Edit the folder's information as described above.
  • Click Save.
• Click and drag the folder into the proper position on the list of Takt Times if necessary.

Takt Time

To edit a Takt Time, navigate to the Admin area and click Takt Time. The "Takt Time" administration page will open. 

• Hover over the Takt Time you want to edit so it's highlighted in blue. If the Takt Time is nested under a folder, you may first need to click the triangle icon to the left of the folder name to expand it.
• Click the pencil icon that appears to the right of the Takt Time and the "Edit Takt Time" window will open.
  
  • Edit the Takt Time's information as described above.
  • Click Save.
• Click and drag the Takt Time into the proper position on the list if necessary.

Delete a Takt Time or folder

To delete a Takt Time or folder, navigate to the Admin area and click Takt Time. The "Takt Time" administration page will open. 

• Hover over the Takt Time or folder you want to delete so it's highlighted in blue. If the Takt Time is nested under a folder, you may first need to click the triangle icon to the left of the folder name to expand it.
• Click the x button that appears to the right of the Takt Time.
• Click Delete.