Houses in the North Carolina mountains. The company has developed the following
value chart:
Operations
Average Number
of Days
Receiving materials 2
Storing materials 10
Measuring and cutting materials 9
Handling materials 7
Setting up and moving scaffolding 6
Assembling materials 3
Building fireplace 12
Pegging logs 8
Cutting and framing doors and windows 5
Sealing joints 4
Waiting for county inspectors 6
Inspecting property (county inspectors) 1
a. What are the value-added activities and their total time?
b. What are the non-value-added activities and their total time?
c. Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency of the process.
d. Explain the difference between value-added and non-value-added activities.