Best Ink produces inkjet printers for personal computers. It received an order for 500 printers from a customer. The following information is available for this order.
Process time . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 hours
Inspection time . . . . . . . . 3.5 hours
Move time . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 hours
Wait time . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 hours
Required:
1. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle time.
2. Compute the company's manufacturing cycle efficiency. Interpret your answer. Analysis Component:
3. Assume that Best Ink wishes to increase its manufacturing cycle efficiency to 0.80. What are some ways that it can accomplish this?