MacIntyre Fabrications, Ltd , of Aberdeen, Scotland, has recently begun a continuous improvement campaign in conjunction with a move toward Lean Production Management has developed new performance measures as part of this campaign The following operating data have been gathered over the last four months Month 1 2 3 4 Throughput time Manufacturing cycle efficiency Delivery cycle time Percentage of on time deliveries 77 78 83 90 Total sales (units) 10,430 10,540 10,540 10,560 Management would like to know the company's throughput time, manufacturing cycle efficiency, and delivery cycle time The data to compute these measures have been gathered and appear below Month 1 2 3 4 Move time per unit, in days 0 8 0 4 0 3 0 8 Process time per unit, in days 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 7 Wait time per order before start of production, in days 9 3 8 0 5 0 4 0 Queue time per unit, in days 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 Inspection time per unit, in days 0 6 0 6 0 4 0 7 Required 1 Complete the below table to calculate throughput time, manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE), and delivery cycle time for each month (Round your answers to 1 decimal place ) 3 Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4 Assume that in month 5 the move time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 4, except that through the implementation of Lean Production, the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production in month 6 the move time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 5, except that the company is able to completely eliminate the inspection time Compute the new throughput time and MCE (Round your answers to 1 decimal place )

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MacIntyre Fabrications, Ltd., of Aberdeen, Scotland, has recently begun a continuous improvement campaign in conjunction with a move toward Lean Production. Management has developed new

MacIntyre Fabrications, Ltd., of Aberdeen, Scotland, has recently begun a continuous improvement campaign in conjunction with a move toward Lean Production. Management has developed new performance measures as part of this campaign. The following operating data have been gathered over the last four months:

Month

Throughput time

Manufacturing cycle efficiency

Delivery cycle time

Percentage of on-time deliveries

77%

78%

83%

90%

Total sales (units)

10,430

10,540

10,560

Management would like to know the company's throughput time, manufacturing cycle efficiency, and delivery cycle time. The data to compute these measures have been gathered and appear below:

	Month
	1	2	3	4
Move time per unit, in days	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.8
Process time per unit, in days	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7
Wait time per order before start of production, in days	9.3	8.0	5.0	4.0
Queue time per unit, in days	3.0	3.0	2.0	1.0
Inspection time per unit, in days	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.7

Required:
1.	Complete the below table to calculate throughput time, manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE), and delivery cycle time. for each month. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the move time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 4, except that through the implementation of Lean Production, the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production in month 6 the move time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 5, except that the company is able to completely eliminate the inspection time. Compute the new throughput time and MCE. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)