Declerque company makes flavored water and performs the following tasks in the b

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Declerque company makes flavored water and performs the following tasks in the beverage manufacturing process:
                                                                                                          Hours
Receiving and transferring ingredients to storage                                   6
Storing ingredients                                                                              180
Transferring the ingredients from storage                                              3
Mixing and cooking the ingredients                                                        3
Bottling the water                                                                                 2
Transferring the bottles to await customer shipment                              6

a) Calculate the total cycle time of this manufacturing process.

b) Calculate the manufcaturing cycle efficiency of this process

Explanation / Answer

a) Total Sycle Time=Value-Added Processing Time +Transfer time+ Inspection Time + Idle time=5+195=200 hours Value-Added Processing Time=Mixing and cooking the ingredients+botling the water=3h+2h=5h Non Value added time=Transfer Time+Inspection Time + idle(waiting/storing) time=6+6+3+180=195hours b) MCE=Value-Added Processing Time/Total Cycle Time=5/200=0.025 or 2.5%

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