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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20261011-9e4b62c5",
  "url": "/knowledge/use-demand-pace-to-expose-a-capacity-question",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0174",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Use demand pace to expose a capacity question",
  "summary": "The required pace is a question for the system, not a command to breathe faster.",
  "kind": "concept",
  "body": "Divide the production time available in a period by the number of units customers need in that same period. The result, called takt time, is the required interval between completed units. Compare it with what the process can actually deliver; the calculation does not prove that capacity exists.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not use an average to pressure people into unsafe work or skip required quality steps. Knowledge tasks may need segmentation before this calculation is useful."
  ],
  "topics": [],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "lei-takt-time"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Takt time divides available production time by customer demand over the same period.",
      "source_id": "lei-takt-time",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Claim basis: technical_definition. Claim limit: It describes a required pace, not proof that current capacity can safely achieve it.\nSource access: selected_html_passages; accessed on: 2026-09-17; inspected sections: [\"Available time and demand calculation\"].\nAgent scope review, 2026-10-11: LEI defines available production time divided by same-period demand. Fictional 240/40=6 minutes describes system demand pace, not individual task duration or proven capacity.",
      "locator": "Definition and calculation"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A target output is set without comparing demand with the time actually available."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not use an average to pressure people into unsafe work or skip required quality steps. Knowledge tasks may need segmentation before this calculation is useful."
  ],
  "example": "In a fictional service window, 240 available minutes and 40 comparable requests imply a six-minute demand pace. Complex variation may make a single average inadequate.",
  "check": "Are time, demand and the meaning of one unit aligned before drawing a capacity conclusion?",
  "published_at": "2026-10-11T18:15:00Z",
  "review": {
    "kind": "agent",
    "label": "Agent editorial and scoped evidence review",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-11T18:12:50Z"
  },
  "editorial_overlay": null,
  "editorial": null,
  "notices": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "lei-takt-time",
      "title": "Takt Time",
      "url": "https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/takt-time/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-RESEARCH-WORK-FLOW",
      "title": "Help work finish instead of merely keeping it busy",
      "url": "/collections/help-work-finish-instead-of-merely-keeping-it-busy"
    }
  ],
  "topic_hubs": [],
  "solution_packs": []
}