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:

Inspection time 0.5 days

Process time 2.8 days wait time 16.0 days

Que time 4.0 days

Move time 0.7 days

Compute the throughput time_____days

Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities?____%

Compute the delivery cycle time ____days

If by using Lean Production all queue time can be eliminated in production, what will be the new MCE? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)_____