[1] The takt time is based on customer demand; if a process or a production line are unable to produce at takt time, either demand leveling, additional resources, or process re-engineering is needed to ensure on-time delivery.
[4] Takt time has played an important role in production systems even before the industrial revolution.
From 16th-century shipbuilding in Venice, mass-production of Model T by Henry Ford, synchronizing airframe movement in the German aviation industry and many more.
[8] Construction projects use critical path method (CPM) or program evaluation and review technique (PERT) for planning and scheduling.
Due to common cost and schedule overruns, industry professionals and academia have started to regard CPM and PERT as outdated methods that often fail to anticipate uncertainties and allocate resources accurately and optimally in a dynamic construction environment.
[10] Some other space scheduling methods include: In manufacturing, the product being built keeps moving on the assembly line, while the workstations are stationary.
[14] Takt planning needs an accurate definition of work at each workstation, which in construction is done through defining spaces, called "zones".
[15] The rationale behind defining these zones and setting the takt is not standardized and varies as per the style of the planner.