Lean Cycle Time 2.0 vs ValueStreamMapper

Lean Cycle Time - Manufacturing Efficiency & Time Study Tool Streamline your manufacturing operations with Lean Cycle Time, the essential app for conducting time studies, calculating takt time, and tracking production pace in real-time. CYCLE TIME STUDIES • Conduct precise time studies with • Track multiple production cycles with automatic lap timing • Set target cycle times in seconds or units per hour • View real-time performance against targets (example: Takt Time) • Visualize cycle time data with interactive charts • Export study results to CSV for detailed analysis in Excel, Google Sheets, etc. TAKT TIME CALCULATOR • Calculate takt time based on available production time • Account for planned downtime in your calculations • Determine optimal cycle times to meet customer demand • Support for seconds, minutes, and hours • Instant recalculation as you adjust parameters HRxHR PACE BOARD • Hour-by-hour production tracking • Set shift or hourly production targets • Account for downtime to calculate available time • Running target totals for shift visibility • Support for partial hour shifts • Compare shift-based vs. hourly rate targets • Persistent data saves your pace board settings FEATURES • Clean, intuitive interface designed for shop floor use • Save and review past time studies • No internet connection required • Share study data via CSV export • Built for continuous improvement professionals • Supports lean manufacturing methodologies IDEAL FOR: • Manufacturing Engineers • Industrial Engineers • Continuous Improvement Managers • Lean Six Sigma Practitioners • Production Supervisors • Operations Managers • Quality Engineers • Anyone implementing lean manufacturing principles Whether you're conducting work sampling, analyzing production bottlenecks, or implementing lean manufacturing practices, Lean Cycle Time provides the tools you need to measure, analyze, and improve your operations. Download now and start optimizing your production efficiency today!

Value Stream Mapping turns the classic lean whiteboard exercise into a digital tool you can carry to the shop floor. Draw the material and information flows that bring a product from order to delivery, record the numbers that matter, and let the app show you where time and inventory are being lost. MAP IT • The full value-stream icon set: processes with data boxes, customers and suppliers, inventory, supermarkets, FIFO lanes, buffer and safety stock, trucks, trains, planes and ships, kanban posts, load leveling, operators, kaizen bursts and more. • Push, pull and material-flow arrows, manual and electronic information flows, production, withdrawal and signal kanban paths. • Pan, zoom, drag and connect directly on the canvas. Undo and redo. • Keep a current-state map, derive the future state from it, and sketch the ideal state. MEASURE IT • Data boxes for cycle time, value-creating time, changeover, uptime, operators, EPE, scrap and batch size. • Takt time from customer demand and available time. Inventory counts become days of demand automatically. • Analysis view with a cycle-time-vs-takt chart, the lead-time ladder, total production lead time, processing time and process-cycle efficiency. • A register of your kaizen bursts: the countermeasures that lead to the future state. WATCH IT FLOW • The flow animation simulates your map with its own numbers: the supplier delivers at takt, each process works at its effective cycle time, the customer pulls at takt. • See material move step to step, information pulse back from the customer, and WIP pile up in front of the constraint. • Bottlenecks and starved processes are highlighted as they emerge. Play, pause, restart, 0.5x to 5x speed. • End-of-run summary of where material accumulated, which process limited the flow and how much demand was covered, downloadable as a PDF report or CSV. BRING YOUR DATA • Import a map from a CSV or spreadsheet file using the bundled template, or from any table with name and type columns. Positions and connections are optional: the app lays out and links the stream for you. • Import value-stream drawings from Microsoft Visio (.vsdx) and spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel (.xlsx). • A built-in guide shows exactly how to format your sheets, with examples. SHARE IT • Export the map as a PDF drawing or PNG image, the data as CSV, or the whole map as a document you can open on another device. • Maps appear in the Files app and open directly from mail or AirDrop. LEARN IT • An in-app reference explains the method, the time metrics, the flow concepts and every icon and arrow. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account, no subscription, no internet connection needed. Your maps stay on your device.