112. The Alcatane Manufacturing Company collected the following information (in days):
Required:
a. Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency for April, May, and June.
b. Calculate the processing time required for June so that the manufacturing cycle efficiency is
equal to the most efficient of the previous two months.
113. The XYZ Manufacturing Company collected the following information (in days) for July,
August, and September:
Required:
a. Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency for July, August, and September.
b. Assume October’s processing time will be the same as September’s. If XYZ’s target for
manufacturing cycle efficiency is 65%, what will October‘s target for manufacturing cycle time be?
114. The Acme Company collected the following information (in days) for October, November,
and December:
Required:
a. Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency for October, November, and December.
b. Assume January’s processing time will be the same as December’s. If Acme’s target for
manufacturing cycle efficiency is 60%, what will January’s target for non-processing times be?
115. Schroeder Forging Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required: Calculate the partial productivity for:
a. Metal.
b. Labor.
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116. Schroeder Forging Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
117. Paro Products Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
118. Spooner Metalworks Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required: Calculate the partial productivity for:
a. Metal.
b. Labor.
119. Spooner Metalworks Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
120. Branson Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
121. Colville Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required: Calculate the partial productivity for:
a. Metal.
b. Labor.
122. Colville Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
123. Laguna Co. has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
124. Melrose, Inc. has provided the following information for last year:
Required: Calculate the partial productivity for:
a. Metal.
b. Labor.
125. Melrose, Inc., has provided the following information for last year:
Required:
Calculate the total factor productivity measure.
126. Sucharzewski Corporation’s management keeps track of the time it takes to process
orders. During the most recent month, the following average times were recorded per order:
Required:
a. Compute the throughput time.
b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE).
c. What percentage of the production time is spent in non-value-added activities?
d. Compute the delivery cycle time.
127. During the most recent month at Hybarger Corporation, queue time was 3.0 days,
inspection time was 0.8 day, process time was 2.8 days, wait time was 11.8 days, and move time
was 0.6 day.
Required:
a. Compute the throughput time.
b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE).
c. What percentage of the production time is spent in non-value-added activities?
d. Compute the delivery cycle time.
128. Loehr Corporation’s management reports that its average delivery cycle time is 14.0 days,
its average throughput time is 6.3 days, its manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) is 0.27, its
average move time is 0.1 day, and its average queue time is 3.9 days.
Required:
a. What is the wait time?
b. What is the process time?
c. What is the inspection time?
129. Karrenberg Corporation keeps careful track of the time required to fill orders. The times
required for a particular order appear below:
Required:
a. Determine the throughput time. Show your work!
b. Determine the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE). Show your work!
c. Determine the delivery cycle time. Show your work!
130. Explain how producing more units than can be sold can increase operating income. Would
this be an issue in a service company or is it only an issue in a manufacturing environment? Could
a company employ this strategy indefinitely to show continuous increases in profits?
131. Match each of the following performance measures to one or more of the four areas of a
balanced scorecard. Note that a performance measure can relate to more than one area.