Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.Required 1 Required 2 Required 31-a. Compute the throughput time for each month.1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month.1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month.(Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)Month 1Month 2Month 3Month 4Throughput TimedaysdaysdaysdaysDelivery Cycle Timedaysdaysdaysdays< Required 1Manufacturing CycleEfficiency (MCE)%%%%Required 2>Show less ▲ DataSpan, Incorporated, automated its plant at the start of the current year and installed a flexible manufacturing system. Thecompany is also evaluating its suppliers and moving toward Lean Production. Many adjustment problems have been encountered,including problems relating to performance measurement. After much study, the company has decided to use the performancemeasures below, and it has gathered data relating to these measures for the first four months of operations.Throughput time (days)Delivery cycle time (days)Manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE)Percentage of on-time deliveriesTotal sales (units)12Month??????91%86%3,460 3,312Move time per unitProcess time per unitWait time per order before start of productionQueue time per unitInspection time per unit3???82%3,1434Management has asked for your help in computing throughput time, delivery cycle time, and MCE. The following average times havebeen logged over the last four months:???78%3,02523.04.60.5Required:1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month.1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month.1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month.2. Evaluate the company's performance over the last four months.Average per Month (in days)12340.70.52.70.62.62.825.2 28.05.36.10.60.60.62.530.27.00.53-a. Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the move time, process time, and soforth, are the same as in month 4, except that through the use of Lean Production the company is able to completely eliminate thequeue time during production. Compute the new throughput time and MCE.3-b. Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume in month 6 that the move time, process time, and soforth, are again the same as in month 4, except that the company is able to completely eliminate both the queue time duringproduction and the inspection time. Compute the new throughput time and MCE.

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Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. 1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Throughput Time days days days days Delivery Cycle Time days days days days Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency (MCE) % % % % Show less

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. 1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Throughput Time days days days days Delivery Cycle Time days days days days Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency (MCE) % % % % Show less

Managerial Accounting

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Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter13: Lean Manufacturing And Activity Analysis

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DataSpan, Inc., automated its plant at the start of the current year and installed a flexible manufacturing system. The company is also evaluating its suppliers and moving toward Lean Production. Many adjustment problems have been encountered, including problems relating to performance measurement. After much study, the company has decided to use the performance measures below, and it has gathered data relating to these measures for the first four months of operations. Month 1 2 3 4 Throughput time (days) ? ? ? ? Delivery cycle time (days) ? ? ? ? Manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) ? ? ? ? Percentage of on-time deliveries 78 % 73 % 70 % 67 % Total sales (units) 2330 2230 2116 2036 Management has asked for your help in computing throughput time, delivery cycle time, and MCE. The following average times have been logged over the last four months: Average per Month (in days) 1 2 3 4 Move time per unit 0.8…
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Measures of Internal Business Process Performance DataSpan. Inc., automated its plant at the start of the current year and installed a flexible manufacturing system. The company is also evaluating its suppliers and moving toward Lean Production. Many adjustment problems have been encountered, including problems relating to performance measurement. After much study, the company has decided to use the performance measures below, and it has gathered data relating to these measures for the first four months of operations. Management has asked for your help in computing throughput time, delivery cycle time, and MCE. The following average times have been logged over the last four months: Required: 1. For each month, compute the following: a. The throughput time. b. The delivery cycle time. c. The manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE). 2. Evaluate the company’s performance over the last four months. 3. Refer to the move lime, process time, and so forth, given above for month 4. a. Assume that…
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The management of International Cookwares believes that delivery performance measures must be improved if the company is to maintain its competitive edge. The following data are considered to be typical of the time to complete orders. Process time: 4 days Wait time to the start of production: 15 days Move time: 3 days Inspection time: 2 days Queue time during the production process: 8 days What is the manufacturing cycle efficiency?
The president has read in industry journals that throughput time, MCE, and delivery cycle time are important measures of performance, but no one is sure how they are computed. You have been asked to assist the company, and you have gathered the following data relating to these measures: Average per Month (in days) 1 2 3 4 Wait time per order before start of production Inspection time per unit Process time per unit Queue time per unit Move time per unit 9.0 11.5 12.0 14.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.8 4.4 6.0 7.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 Required: 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month. 1-c. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. 3-a. Refer to the inspection time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the inspection time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 4, except that the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production using…
Management of Mittel Company would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped. For the first quarter of operations during the current year the following data were reported: Inspection time Wait time (from order to start of production) Process time Move time Queue time Required: 1. Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) 2. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.) 3. What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities? (Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.) 4. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.) 5. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.) 1. Throughput…
DataSpan, Incorporated, implemented Lean Production and would like to redesign its performance measures accordingly. It has provided the following data sets: Percentage of on-time deliveries Total sales (units) Move time per unit Process time per unit Wait time per order before start of production Queue time per unit Inspection time per unit Required 1 Required 2 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 2 85% 80% 2,180 2,087 Required 3 Month Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Throughput Time days days days days 3 77% 1,980 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. 1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month. Note: Round your answers to 1 decimal place. Delivery Cycle Time days days days days 0.6 2.6 31.4 6.8 0.5 Show less A