Birmingham Hardwood Frames makes picture frames. During November 2010, manager compiled the following data:

Total frames manufactured

1,850,000

Good frames produced and sold

1,731,000

Total processing time (minutes)

21,120

Value added processing time (minutes)

6,920

Required:

a. Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE).

b. Calculate the process productivity (PP).

c. Calculate the process quality yield (PQY).

d. Calculate throughput using one ratio.

e. Confirm your answer to (d) using the results of (a), (b), and (c).