Exercise 9-18 Manufacturing cycle time and efficiency LO A4 Oakwood Company prod
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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 0.0Explanation / 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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