Management of Mittel Rhein AG of Köln, Germany, 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 time Wait time (from order to start of production) Process time Move time Queue time 0.3 days 16.1 days 3.0 days 0.8 days 4.2 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 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.)

Management of Mittel Rhein AG of Köln, Germany, 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 time Wait time (from order to start of production) Process time Move time Queue time 0.3 days 16.1 days 3.0 days 0.8 days 4.2 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 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.)

Managerial Accounting

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Chapter13: Lean Manufacturing And Activity Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1TIF: Ethics in Action In August, Lannister Company introduced a new performance measurement system in...

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