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Exercise $10-3($Algo$)$ Measures of Internal Business Process Performance $[$LO$10-3]$

Management of Mittel Company wants to reduce the elapsed time from when a customer places an order to when it is shipped. It provided the following data for a recent quarter:

Inspection time$0\mathrm{.}7$daysWait time $($from order to start of production$)16\mathrm{.}1$daysProcess time$3\mathrm{.}0$daysMove time$1\mathrm{.}2$daysQueue time$3\mathrm{.}7$days

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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 using Lean Production eliminates all queue time, what will be the new MCE?

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

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