In Whiteboard cycles represent the time it takes for a machine/line to produce one unit of a product. For example, if a machine is bottling some soda, how long does it take for the machine to produce one bottle. Cycles is not the same as the number of parts that were made. In a given cycle, a machine could make eight parts but it only took one cycle. Cycle calculations come in many forms, each representing a variation in the cycle calculations.
Many cycle calculation calculations in whiteboard will show the actual, expected and the variance between these two calculations.
Before Listing listing the calculations, here is a description of a few of the variable variables used for this calculationthe calculations:
Uptime - the amount of time the machine actually was up
Scheduled - the amount of time the machine was expected to be up
Total - the amount of parts that were actually made
Expected - the amount of parts that were expected to be made
Cycles - the amount of cycles that actually occurred
Expected Cycles - the amount of cycles that were expected
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