Ex 9-18

Oakmont Company produces maple bookcases to customer order. The following information is available for the production of a recent order of the bookcases. Process time Inspection time Move time Wait time 6.0 days 0.8 days 3.2 days 5.0 days Required: 1. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle time. 2. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle efficiency. 3. Management believes it can reduce move time by 1.2 days and wait time by 1.8 days by adopting lean manufacturing techniques. 1. Manufacturing Cycle Time Time days days days days days Manufacturing cycle time 1. Manufacturing Cycle Time Time days days days days days Manufacturing cycle time 2. Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency Choose Numerator: + Choose Denominator: Manufacturing cycle efficiency Manufacturing cycle efficiency 1 = - 3. Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency Choose Numerator: + Choose Denominator: = Manufacturing cycle efficiency Manufacturing cycle efficiency - =