Consider a four-station line in which all stations consist of single machines. The designed bottlenec rate of the line is 204 cases per 8-hour day. The line has averaged 160 cases per day, and cycle time (or Flow Time) has averaged 2.5 hours. What is the production efficiency of the operation? .Enter your answer to the nearest 0.1%; enter as a percent, but do not include the % symbol.

Consider a four-station line in which all stations consist of single machines. The designed bottlenec rate of the line is 204 cases per 8-hour day. The line has averaged 160 cases per day, and cycle time (or Flow Time) has averaged 2.5 hours. What is the production efficiency of the operation? .Enter your answer to the nearest 0.1%; enter as a percent, but do not include the % symbol.

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