Comments on: Takt Time and Leveling – What’s The Point? http://theleanthinker.com/2007/09/16/takt-time-and-leveling-whats-the-point/ Thoughts and insights from the shop floor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:48:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://theleanthinker.com/2007/09/16/takt-time-and-leveling-whats-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-27360 Mark Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:26:28 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/2007/09/16/takt-time-and-leveling-whats-the-point/#comment-27360 Good questions. Since the orders arrived once a day, and shipments departed once a day, the stuff that was ordered is what got put onto the truck. But without leveling, the factory itself ran in fits and starts as the batches and related issues caused ripples all the way through the internal, and external, supply chain. Good questions. Since the orders arrived once a day, and shipments departed once a day, the stuff that was ordered is what got put onto the truck.

But without leveling, the factory itself ran in fits and starts as the batches and related issues caused ripples all the way through the internal, and external, supply chain.

]]> By: B JAYARAMAN http://theleanthinker.com/2007/09/16/takt-time-and-leveling-whats-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-27347 B JAYARAMAN Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:28:31 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/2007/09/16/takt-time-and-leveling-whats-the-point/#comment-27347 The article says that there was no difference.' 'And what is the point? With or without model-mix leveling the same stuff ended up on the truck at the end of the day'. But was the stuff on the truck at the end of the day was what the customers actually wanted to buy? Was it produced as per the leveled plan> The article says that there was no difference.’
‘And what is the point? With or without model-mix leveling the same stuff ended up on the truck at the end of the day’.

But was the stuff on the truck at the end of the day was what the customers actually wanted to buy? Was it produced as per the leveled plan>

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