A corporation is considering implementation of aJIT inventory system. The company's industrial engineer recentlyconducted a study to determine the average number of days spent ineach activity of the production process. The following tablesummarizes the findings:
Production Activity Number of days
Inspectingmaterials........................................... 3
Storingmaterials...............................................17
Moving materials intoproduction........................ 3
Setting up productionequipment....................... 2
Cuttingmaterials............................................. 6
bendingmaterials............................................ 5
Assembing finishedproducts............................ 9
Painting finishedproducts................................ 5
a. Identify the company's value-added productionactivities
b. identify the company's non value-addedproduction activities.