Throughput Time

Definition

REFA-Time Type, characterizes the processing of orders or rather the progress of processes between and within companies as well as within a work system with respect to times. The time type:

• can include planned and unplanned process steps and times
• can incorporate planned and unplanned process steps and times
• is an important value for the evaluation of the nature and performance of processes and work systems
• can be used in many ways, especially to create key figures
• is determined by REFA for throughput times of orders, process chains and processes (process cycle time) as well as separate work systems (throughput time of a work systems)