# Cycle Time **Domain:** Industrial Engineering / Temporal Control **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Scientific Management]], [[Moving Assembly Line]], [[Time-Oriented Labor]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition Cycle time is the duration allotted or observed for completing a repeated production operation. ## Schedule–Loop Context When belt speed fixes cycle time, the machine's period becomes the worker's tempo. The schedule operates directly as an actuator rather than merely recording performance. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]