Just-In-Time Manufacturing

question 8

Essay

Just-in-time manufacturing
Candycane Co.is trying to determine how long it takes for one of its products to pass through the production process.The following information was assembled regarding how many days the product spends in various production activities: (a)Which of the above activities are value-added activities?
(b)What is Candycane's total cycle time?
(c)Determine Candycane's manufacturing efficiency ratio.

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