Daily Usage of a Product Is 15 in a Facility

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Daily usage of a product is 15 in a facility that operates every day of the year. Setup cost is $30 and annualized carrying cost is $120 per unit. Daily production of this product is 20. Lead time is 15 days; safety stock is one day's production. What is the optimum kanban size and number of kanbans?

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Definitions:

Anaphase

A phase of mitosis and meiosis where chromosomes separate and move towards opposite ends of the cell, ensuring genetic material is equally divided.

Chromosomes Migrate

Chromosomes migrate is a process during cell division where chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell to ensure genetic material is evenly distributed to daughter cells.

Chromatin Strands

Fibers made of DNA and proteins (histones) that tightly pack together to form chromosomes within the nucleus of a cell.

Cytokinesis

Division of the cytoplasm during cell division.