Takt time & stations API

Computes takt time = available time / demand (the production heartbeat) and, given an actual cycle time, whether the line keeps pace and how many parallel stations are needed. Answers 'How fast must I produce to meet demand?', 'How many stations to keep up with takt?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/scheduling/takt-time

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

schedulingcapacitytakt-timethroughputleanmanufacturingcycle-timestations

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/scheduling/takt-time

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "availableMinutes": 480,
  "demandUnits": 60,
  "actualCycleTimeMinutes": 10
}

Example response

{
  "taktTimeMinutes": 8,
  "taktTimeSeconds": 480,
  "availableMinutes": 480,
  "demandUnits": 60,
  "interpretation": "Cycle 10 min > takt 8 min: need 2 parallel stations.",
  "actualCycleTimeMinutes": 10,
  "keepsPace": false,
  "stationsRequired": 2
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "availableMinutes",
    "demandUnits"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "availableMinutes": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        480
      ]
    },
    "demandUnits": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        60
      ]
    },
    "actualCycleTimeMinutes": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}