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Management of Mittel Company would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped.

Management of Mittel Company would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped. For the first quarter of operations during the current year the following data were reported:

Inspection time0.8daysWait time (from order to start of production)16.1daysProcess time3.2daysMove time1.4daysQueue time3.5days

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1. Compute the throughput time.(Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

2. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter.(Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.)

3. What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities?(Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.)

4. Compute the delivery cycle time.(Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

5. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.)

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zto.mheducation.com/ext/map/index.html?_con=con&external_browser=0&launchur=nil Saved 5 Homework i Check my work mode : This shows what is correct or incorrect for the work yo 0 . 8 days Inspection time Wait time (from order to start of production) 16 . 1 days 3. 2 days Process time Move time 1. 4 days Queue time 3.5 days Required: 1. Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) 2. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your p 3. What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities? whole percent.) 4. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final 5. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what w calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.) x Answer is complete but not entirely correct. 1 . Throughput time 8.9 days 2. Manufacturing cycle efficiency 36 % 3. Non-value-added throughput time 4 X % 4. Delivery cycle time 25.0 days 5. New manufacturing cycle efficiency 4.0 X %

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