The cycle time is the time available at each station for the performance of the work. The cycle time at a station is the time interval between the completion or the starting of work on successive items, and therefore includes both productive and non-productive work as well as any idle time.
wakati mzunguko ni muda uliopo katika kila kituo kwa ajili ya utendaji wa kazi. wakati mzunguko katika kituo cha ni wakati muda kati ya kukamilika au kuanzia ya kazi juu ya vitu mfululizo, na kwa hiyo ni pamoja na uzalishaji na zisizo za uzalishaji kazi kama vile wakati wowote bila kazi.