Lemmons Company makes a product that experiences the following activities and times:
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Hours
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Processing (two departments)
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45.0
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Inspecting
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3.0
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Rework
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7.5
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Moving (three moves)
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12.0
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Waiting (for the second process)
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36.0
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Storage (before delivery to customer)
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46.5
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Required
1. Compute the MCE for this product.
2. Discuss how lean improvements can help improve this efficiency measure.
3. Is this a lag or a lead measure? If lag, what would be some lead measures that would affect this measure?