Vell IncUses Lean Principles to Reduce Cycle Time

question 9

Multiple Choice

Vell Inc.uses lean principles to reduce cycle time.Through production improvements the process time was reduced from 4.5 days to 2 days.Inspection time is 0.25 days.Strategic rearrangement of the production area reduced move time to 0.1 days.Wait time was 3 days,but due to improved scheduling and ordering has been reduced by 2.25 days.Total cycle time for Vell after the improvements is:

• A)7.6 days.
• B)2.75 days
• C)5.35 days
• D)2.0 days
• E)3.1 days

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