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Takt time is the drumbeat of customer demand: available production time divided by the number of units customers want. Every station's cycle time must sit at or below takt, and line balancing is the exercise of getting them there.
Takt time
Takt = Available production time / Customer demand
Required rate
Units per hour = 60 / Takt (minutes)
No. Use net time after breaks, planned meetings and scheduled maintenance, otherwise takt looks easier than it is.
You cannot meet demand. Add capacity, shorten the bottleneck operation, or add overtime — in that order of preference.