Session 10 Chapter 9 Homework 2

Bauer Fabrications, Ltd., of Edinburg, Scotland, has recently begun a continuous improvement campaign in conjunction with a move toward Lean Production. Management has developed new performance measures as part of this campaign. The following operating data have been gathered over the last four months:

Bauer Fabrications, Ltd., of Edinburg, Scotland, has recently begun a continuous improvement campaign in conjunction with a move toward Lean Production. Management has developed new performance measures as part of this campaign. The following operating data have been gathered over the last four months: Month 2 3 Throughput time Manufacturing cycle efficiency Delivery cycle time Percentage of on-time deliveries Total sales (units) 82% 13,010 13,19013,13013,020 83% 88% 95% Management would like to know the company's throughput time, manufacturing cycle efficiency, and delivery cycle time. The data to compute these measures have been gathered and appear below: Month 2 3 Move time per unit, in days Process time per unit, in days Wait time per order before start 0.6 0.80.6 0.4 0.6 0.90.8 0.7 of production, in days Queue time per unit, in day:s Inspection time per unit, in days 13.6 11.9 8.97.9 5.6 5.6 4.6 3.6 1.2 1.311.1 1.1 1.1 Required 1a. Compute the throughput time for each month. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) 4 Throughput time in days