Management of a T-shirt manufacturer believes if the company applies lean principles, then cycle efficiency can be improved. The following are estimated completion times for different activities in the manufacturing process. Activity Traditional Lean Cutting and sewing processing 23 minutes 23 minutes Wait time before moving to ironing 8 minutes 5 minutes Moving shirts to ironing 10 minutes 6 minutes Ironing shirts 10 minutes 10 minutes Wait time before moving to packaging 5 minutes 4 minutes Moving shirts to packaging 3 minutes 2 minutes Packaging shirts 18 minutes 18 minutes Quality inspection 20 minutes 8 minutes Compute cycle efficiency for the (a) traditional approach and (b) lean approach.

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Management of a T-shirt manufacturer believes if the company applies lean principles, then cycle efficiency can be improved. The following are estimated completion times for different activities in the manufacturing process. Activity Cutting and sewing processing Wait time before moving to ironing Moving shirts to ironing Traditional 23 minutes 8 minutes 10 minutes Lean 23 minutes 5 minutes 6 minutes Ironing shirts 10 minutes 10 minutes Wait time before moving to packaging 5 minutes 4 minutes Moving shirts to packaging 3 minutes 2 minutes Packaging shirts 18 minutes 18 minutes 20 minutes 8 minutes Quality inspection Compute cycle efficiency for the (a) traditional approach and (b) lean approach. Note: Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Activity Cycle efficiency Traditional Lean Management of a T-shirt manufacturer believes if the company applies lean principles, then cycle efficiency can be improved. The following are estimated completion times for different activities in the manufacturing process. Activity Cutting and sewing processing Wait time before moving to ironing Moving shirts to ironing Traditional 23 minutes 8 minutes 10 minutes Lean 23 minutes 5 minutes 6 minutes Ironing shirts 10 minutes 10 minutes Wait time before moving to packaging 5 minutes 4 minutes Moving shirts to packaging 3 minutes 2 minutes Packaging shirts 18 minutes 18 minutes 20 minutes 8 minutes Quality inspection Compute cycle efficiency for the (a) traditional approach and (b) lean approach. Note: Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Activity Cycle efficiency Traditional Lean