Determine the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the recent month. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

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Waymouth Manufacturing operates a contract manufacturing plant located in Dublin, Ireland. The plant provides a variety of electronics products and components to consumer goods manufacturers around the world. Cycle time is a critical success factor for Waymouth, which has developed a number of measures of manufacturing speed. Waymouth has studied the matter and found that competitive contract manufacturers have manufacturing cycle times (MCE) of about 40%. When last calculated, Waymouth’s MCE was 35%.

 

Key measures from the recent month’s production, averaged over all the jobs during that period, are as follows:

 

Activity Average Time (hours)
New product development   30  
Materials handling   2  
Order setup   6  
Machine maintenance   3  
Order scheduling   1  
Inspection of completed order   5  
Pack and move to storage or ship   2  
Manufacturing assembly   24  
Order taking and checking   3  
Receiving and stocking raw materials   6  
Inspection of raw materials at start of production   2  
 

 

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Determine the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the recent month. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

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