töökäike
Töökäike is a term used in Estonian manufacturing and operations management to denote a single cycle of a work process—the sequence of tasks required to produce one unit of output, from the start of the process to its completion. It is a functional concept used to describe the time and steps involved in completing a unit of work within a production system.
Etymology and scope: The word combines töö, meaning work, and käik, meaning cycle or turn. In practice,
Usage and applications: Töökäike is used to measure cycle time, identify bottlenecks, and inform line balancing
Examples: On an assembly line for a consumer product, a töökäike might include parts picking, assembly, inspection,
See also: cycle time, takt time, production planning, line balancing, time and motion study.