Lipex, Ltd., of Birmingham, England, is interested in cutting the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is completed. For the first quarter of the year, the following data were reported:
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| Inspection time |
0.3 |
days |
| Process time |
2.9 |
days |
| Wait time |
16.9 |
days |
| Queue time |
4.4 |
days |
| Move time |
1.3 |
days |
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| Required: |
| 1. |
Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
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| 2. |
Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
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| Manufacturing cycle efficiency |
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| 3. |
What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities? (Round your answer to nearest whole percent. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
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| Non-value-added throughput time |
% |
| 4. |
Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.)
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| 5. |
If by using Lean Production all queue time can be eliminated in production, what will be the new MCE?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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| New manufacturing cycle efficiency |
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