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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$0\mathrm{.}3$daysWait time $($from order to start of production$)15\mathrm{.}5$daysProcess time$3\mathrm{.}3$daysMove time$0\mathrm{.}9$daysQueue time$4\mathrm{.}2$days

Required:

Compute the throughput time.

Note: Round your answer to $1$ decimal place.

Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency $($MCE$)$ for the quarter.

Note: Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.

What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non$$value$-$added activities?

Note: Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.

Compute the delivery cycle time.

Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to $1$ decimal place.

If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to $1$ decimal place.