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Exercise 9-18 Manufacturing cycle time and efficiency LO A4 Oakwood Company prod

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Question

Exercise 9-18 Manufacturing cycle time and efficiency LO A4 Oakwood Company produces maple bookcases to customer order. The following information is available for the production of the bookcases Process time Inspection time Move time Wait time 19.0 days 0.8 days 5.6 days 7.0 days Required 1. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle time 2. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle efficiency 3. Management believes it can reduce move time by 1.10 days and wait time by 2.50 days by adopting lean manufacturing techniques Compute the company's manufacturing cycle efficiency assuming the company's predictions are correct. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute the company's manufacturing cycle time. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Manufacturing Cycle Time Time Inspection time ove time cess time ait time Manufacturing cycle time 0.0

Explanation / Answer

1) calculation of company’s manufacturing cycle time :

                           Manufacturing operating cycle:

time

inspection time

19

days

move time

0.8

days

process time

5.6

days

wait time

7

days

manufacturing cycle time

32.4

days

2) calculation of company’s manufacturing cycle efficiency :

                                              manufacturing cycle efficiency          

choose numerator

choose denominator

= manufacturing cycle efficiency

process time

manufacturing cycle time

     manufacturing cycle efficiency

19

32.4

0.58


3) management believes it can reduce move time by 1.10 days and wait time by 2.50 days by adopting lean manufacturing technique.

       Calculation of company’s manufacturing cycle efficiency

                                             manufacturing cycle efficiency

choose numerator

choose denominator

= manufacturing cycle efficiency

process time

manufacturing cycle time

     manufacturing cycle efficiency

19

28.8       (32.4-3.6)

0.659

time

inspection time

19

days

move time

0.8

days

process time

5.6

days

wait time

7

days

manufacturing cycle time

32.4

days

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