. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.) 2. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.)

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Management of Mittel Company would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped. For the first quarter of operations during the current year the following data were reported:

Inspection time 0.7 days
Wait time (from order to start of production) 16.9 days
Process time 2.7 days
Move time 1.0 days
Queue time 4.3 days

1. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

2. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.)

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