Question 1 Nelon Extruding produces containers for nurseries and landscaping bus

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Question 1 Nelon Extruding produces containers for nurseries and landscaping businesses. The company competes based on its low-cost, high-quality products. As the company's expenses have risen, management has become concerned with the need to streamline various processes in order to reduce costs without reducing quality. The following table shows the time needed to produce a batch of 1-inch plant flats: Time to Complete 30 minutes 37 minutes 5 minutes 12 minutes 46 minutes 4 minutes 5 minutes Activity Materials moved to production floor Production in station 1 Materials moved to station 2 Wait to begin at station 2 Production in station 2 Inspection Materials moved to finished goods inventory (a) What is the manufacturing cycle time (throughput time) to produce a batch of 1-inch plant flats and prepare it for sale? Manufacturing cycle time minutes (b) How much of the process time is value-added? Value-added time minutes LINK TO TEXT Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, eg. 5.1%.) Manufacturing cycle efficiency

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1. The manufacturing cycle time is 100 minutes. From the data given, the following times is aggregated to arrive at this calculation. Production in station I - 37 minutes, material moved to station 2 - 5 minutes, wait at station 2- 12 minutes,production in station 2 - 46 minutes.

2. Value added process time is 92 minutes being the total of production at station 1 - 37 mins,, movement time to station 2 - 5 mins,, production time at station 2 - 46 mins, inspection time 4 mins.

3. Manufacturing cycle efficiency is 92%

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