Cycle time efficiency and JIT Walker Brother Company is considering installing a JIT manufacturing system in the hope that it will improve its over all processing cycle efficiency. Data from the traditional system and estimates for the JIT system are presented here for their Nosun Product.
Time Category Traditional System JIT System
Storage 4hours 1 hours
Inspection 40 minutes 5 minutes
Moving 80 minutes 20 minutes
Processing 2 hours 75 minutes
a. Calculator processing cycle efficiency (PCE) under the traditional and JIT systems for the Nosun Product.
b. Strictly based on your PCE calculation above, should Walker Brothers implement the JIT system. Explain.