Problem 1 Hiawatha Hydrant Company manufactures fire hydrants in Oswego, New York. The following information pertains to
Question:
Problem 1
Hiawatha Hydrant Company manufactures fire hydrants in Oswego, New York. The following information pertains to operations during May.
Processing time (average per batch)8.5hours
Inspection time (average per batch)0.5hour
Waiting time (average per batch)0.5hour
Move time (average per batch)0.5hour
Units per batch20units
Required:
- Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency.
- Compute the manufacturing cycle time.(Round your answer to 1 decimal places.)
- Compute the velocity.
Problem 2
Data Screen Corporation is a highly automated manufacturing firm. The vice president of finance has decided that traditional standards are inappropriate for performance measures in an automated environment. Labor is insignificant in terms of the total cost of production and tends to be fixed, material quality is considered more important than minimizing material cost, and customer satisfaction is the number one priority. As a result, production and delivery performance measures have been chosen to evaluate performance. The following information is considered typical of the time involved to finish and ship orders.
Waiting time:
From order being placed to start of production8.0days
From start of production to completion7.0days
Inspection time1.5days
Processing time3.0days
Move time2.5days
Required:
- Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency.(Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place. (i.e., 0.123 should be entered as 12.3))
- Calculate the delivery cycle time.
Problem 3
Countywide Cable Services, Inc. is organized with three segments: Metro, Suburban, and Outlying. Data for these segments for the year just ended follow.
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