Production Line Rates

The production line run  rate represents the planned maximum or optimum production rate total, for all the parts to be produced per day. This value is used in production schedule loading routines as a capacity figure.

Average Daily Demand = (Total Demand) / (Sample Demand Period) 

The average daily demand is calculated automatically when the takt time is calculated. The average daily demand is the proposed value for the production line rate, which can be defined for an effective period. Constraints such as planned maintenance, expected break downs, delay time, and expected efficiency, should be considered to derive the line run rate from the average daily demand.