| In a Lean
Production system the The touch
time is the time that the product is actually
being worked on, and value is being added.
This is typically only a small proportion
of the total production time, most of the
time is taken up by moving, queuing etc.
The term is used in Lean Production,
associated terms are Cycle
Time, Takt
Time, Throughput,
Work in Progress and Work
in Queue.
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