Definition : a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
Etymology : Latin cyclus and Greek kuklos, both meaning “circle. Hence the word bicycle which categorically means 2 circles.
Definition in science : a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals: a life cycle; a growth cycle; a metabolic cycle. physics a continuous change or a sequence of changes in the state of a system that leads to the restoration of the system to its original state after a finite period of time.
Other definition : a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
Cycle in work : The cycle time is the amount of time it takes to complete a specific task from start to finish. You can think of it as the time it takes to produce one unit or item from beginning to end. In our example from earlier, it’s the actual amount of time (80 hours) your team told you it would take to get the work done.
Cycle in time : Cycle time = Average time between completion of units. Example: Consider a manufacturing facility, which is producing 100 units of product per 40 hour week. The average throughput rate is 1 unit per 0.4 hours, which is one unit every 24 minutes. Therefore the cycle time is 24 minutes on average.
Cycle time performance : it tracks how effectively production is managed to optimize output.
Cycle time measures the amount of time or the speed to complete a task.
Psychological cycle of the market : market psychology is the idea that market movements are influenced and also reflect investors’ emotional states.
Stock market cycles have typically anticipated economic cycles by 6–12 months on average.
There are four phases of market cycles: the accumulation phase, mark-up phase, distribution phase, and downturn phase
Inflating away debt : When inflation is high, money becomes less valuable – a £50 note buys less today than it did a year ago. The effect of inflation on debt means that governments are, in theory, able to pay off debts using money that’s worth less than when they originally borrowed it.
Keywords : supply chain cycle , cycle time performance , inflating away debt
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