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Hello. I have submitted this question earlier but I got locked out of my account. I am so sorry. Please help Shields Manufacturing produces containers

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image text in transcribed Shields Manufacturing produces containers for nurseries and landscaping businesses. The company competes based on its low-cost, high-quality products. As the company's expenses have risen, management has become concerned with the need to streamline various processes in order to reduce costs without reducing quality. The following table shows the time needed to produce a batch of 1-inch plant flats: Time to Complete Activity Materials moved to production floor 29 minutes Production in station 1 37 minutes Materials moved to station 2 4 minutes Wait to begin at station 2 11 minutes Production in station 2 47 minutes Inspection 5 minutes Materials moved to finished goods inventory 5 minutes Don't show me this message again for the assignment (a) & (b) (a) What is the manufacturing cycle time (throughput time) to produce a batch of 1-inch plant flats and prepare it for sale? Manufacturing cycle time minutes (b) How much of the process time is value-added? Value-added time minutes (C). Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 5.1%.) Maufacturing cycle efficiency %

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