Jaster Corporation's management keeps track of the time it takesto process orders. During the most recent month, the followingaverage times were recorded per order:
Days Wait time 11.7 Inspection time 0.5 Process time 1.20 Move time 0.2 Queue time 2.4
Required: a. Compute the throughput time.(Round your answer to 2decimal places.)
Throughput time days
b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE). (Donot round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to nearestwhole percentage. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
MCE %
c. What percentage of the production time is spent innon-value-added activities? (Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answer to nearest whole percentage. Omitthe "%" sign in your response.)
Percentage of theproduction time %
d. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your answer to 1decimal place.)
Delivery cycletime days
Jaster Corporation's management keeps track of the time it takesto process orders. During the most recent month, the followingaverage times were recorded per order: |
| Days | |
| Wait time | 11.7 |
| Inspection time | 0.5 |
| Process time | 1.20 |
| Move time | 0.2 |
| Queue time | 2.4 |
| Required: | |
| a. | Compute the throughput time.(Round your answer to 2decimal places.) |
| Throughput time | days |
| b. | Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE). (Donot round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to nearestwhole percentage. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| MCE | % |
| c. | What percentage of the production time is spent innon-value-added activities? (Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answer to nearest whole percentage. Omitthe "%" sign in your response.) |
| Percentage of theproduction time | % |
| d. | Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your answer to 1decimal place.) |
| Delivery cycletime | days |
Related questions
Lipex, Ltd., of Birmingham, England, is interested in cuttingthe amount of time between when a customer places an order and whenthe order is completed. For the first quarter of the year, thefollowing data were reported: |
| Inspection time | 0.2 | days |
| Process time | 2.9 | days |
| Wait time | 16.8 | days |
| Queue time | 4.2 | days |
| Move time | 1.1 | days |
| Required: | |
| 1. | Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1decimal place.) |
| Throughput time | days |
| 2. | Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for thequarter. (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimalplace and final answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Manufacturing cycleefficiency |
| 3. | What percentage of the throughput time was spent innonâvalue-added activities? (Round your answer to nearestwhole percent. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Nonâvalue-addedthroughput time | % |
| 4. | Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round yourintermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimalplace.) |
| Delivery cycletime | days |
| 5. | If by using Lean Production all queue time can be eliminated inproduction, what will be the new MCE? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Round your answer to2 decimal places.) |
| New manufacturingcycle efficiency | |
| Inspection time | 0.2 | days |
| Wait time (from order to start of production) | 17.1 | days |
| Process time | 3.5 | days |
| Move time | 0.9 | days |
| Queue time | 3.8 | days |
| Requirement 1: |
| Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) |
| Throughput time | days |
| Manufacturing cycle efficiency | |
| Requirement 3: |
What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-addedactivities? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) |
| Throughput time | % |
| Requirement 4: |
| Compute the delivery cycle time.(Roundyour answer to 1 decimal place.) |
| Delivery cycle time | days |
| Requirement 5: |
If by using Lean Production all queue time during production iseliminated, what will be the new MCE?(Roundyour answer to 3 decimal places.) |
| Manufacturing cycle efficiency |
Lipex, Ltd., of Birmingham, England, is interested in cuttingthe amount of time between when a customer places an order and whenthe order is completed. For the first quarter of the year, thefollowing 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 thequarter. (Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)
What percentage of the throughput time was spent innon-value-added activities?____% |
Compute the delivery cycle time ____days
If by using Lean Production all queue time can be eliminated inproduction, what will be the new MCE? (Round your answerto 2 decimalplaces.)_____
