--- title: "Separate processing time from time waiting to process. | Fortune AI" description: "The production record combines long intervals between stage completions. See the evidence, approved action and result comparison." canonical: https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/cycle-time-analysis/ language: en --- [Production intelligence](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/) [Overview](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/)[Applications](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/applications/)[How it works](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/workflow/)[Application stories](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/)[Buyer FAQ](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/faq/) [Industries](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/) / [Production intelligence](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/) / [Application stories](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/) / Separate processing time from time waiting to process. Production intelligence # Separate processing time from time waiting to process. Separate work, waiting and processing by stage with the associated video interval.  Cycle time analysis [Open full image](https://www.fortuneai.app/assets/industry-visuals-20261024/production-operations-v1.webp) 01 · Record the first operation ## What the team finds The production record combines long intervals between stage completions. Link the batch and stage to observed processing, manual work and waiting. 02 · Decide at a later review ## Who acts, and what changes Responsible team · Production planning lead In the later planning review, approve the handoff or preparation change that removes the recurring wait. Assign the stage lead before the next equivalent batch. 03 · Verify in the next comparable operation ## How the team checks the result Compare the next matching batch stage by stage. Verify the handoff and compare elapsed cycle time without confusing faster processing with less waiting. The result to review Work, processing and waiting by stage [Explore this application](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/applications/cycle-time-analysis/)[See how the product works](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/workflow/) More operating situations ## Different situations. A different next move. - [Balance the line around its downstream capacity.](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/line-balancing/) - [Trace a growing WIP buffer to the transfer that caused it.](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/root-cause-analysis/) - [Grow finished output without extending the shift.](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/throughput-labor-productivity/) [All application stories](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/production-operations/stories/) Fortune AI ## Bring one operating question. See your records, the relevant scene and an accountable next action in one review. [Request a demo](https://www.fortuneai.app/book/)