MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FUND. W/CONNECT
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Chapter 9, Problem 17E
Best Ink produces ink-jet printers for personal computers. It received an order for 500 printers from a customer. The following information is available for this order.
| Process time ……….. | 16.0 hours | Move time…….. | 9.0 hours |
| Inspection time……. | 3.5 hours | Wait time………. | 21.5 hours |
- Compute the company’s manufacturing cycle time.
- Compute the company’s manufacturing cycle efficiency. Interpret your answer.
- Assume that Best ink wishes to increase its manufacturing cycle efficiency to 0.80. What are some ways that it can be accomplish this?
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