Castner Corporation is considering implementation of a JIT inventory system. The company's industrial engineer recently...

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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

c.

Calculate Castner's total cycle time.

Total cycle time ???days

d.

Determine Castner's manufacturing efficiency ratio. (Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Manufacturing efficiency ratio ???? %

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