TAKT TIME CALCULATION BEFORE KAIZEN: Requirement: 200 axles per shift (8 hours) Available time: 480 minutes (8 hours) Lunch break: 40 minutes Tea break: 15 minutes Net available time: (480-40-15) =425 minutes/shift Takt Time= Net available time/customer requirement = (425/200) = 2.12 minutes=127.5 seconds Thus Takt Time for each operator is 127.5 seconds at every station