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For the third quarter of the year, the following data was reported:

Inspection time 1.4 days
Process time 4.5 days
Wait time 12.0 days (the time between the customer order and the beginning of production)
Queue time 3.9 days
Move time 0.8 days

a. What is the throughput time? Show computations.
b. What is the manufacturing cycle efficiency for the quarter? Show computations.
c. What is the delivery cycle time? Show computations.

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