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Industrial automation · manufacturing · OT — updated 2026-09-23

Cycle time

Elapsed time to complete one repeatable production cycle.

The elapsed time to complete one repeatable operation or unit cycle, including processing and defined delays. It is a core input to capacity, takt comparison, performance loss, and OEE calculations.

See also: OEE · Takt time

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