Castner Corporation is considering implementation of a JIT inventory system. The company's industrial engineer recently conducted a study to determine the average number of days spent in each activity of the production process. The following table summarizes her findings:
- Production Activity Number of Days
- Inspecting materials 3
- Storing materials 17
- Moving materials into production 3
- Setting up production equipment 2
- Cutting materials 6
- Bending materials 5
- Assembling finished products 9
- Painting finished products 5
a.Calculate Castner's total cycle time?
b.Determine Castner's manufacturing efficiency ratio. (Omit the "%" sign in your response.)