A Company Is Using a Kanban System with 2 Containers

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Essay

A company is using a Kanban system with 2 containers, each holding 50 parts, between a downstream (using) and an upstream (producing) work center.The using work center can handle 250 jobs per day.The average elapsed time for the entire cycle is currently .25 days.The company is concerned with the safety factor for the operation and the size of the containers.
a.What is the efficiency rating of the current operation?
b.If the company decides to use only one container, how many parts must it hold?
c.If the safety factor is changed to .12 and there are still 2 containers, how many parts must each container now hold?

Analyze and compute the utilization, efficiency, and quality rates in manufacturing processes.

Grasp the importance of tying compensation to balanced scorecard performance measures and ensuring characteristics such as reliability and comprehensiveness.

Recognize the role and structure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reporting.

Distinguish between the types of costs associated with quality in a manufacturing process, including prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure costs.

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Definitions:

External Rewards

Incentives provided by external sources, such as money, praise, or awards, which motivate individuals to perform certain behaviors.

Regulate Behavior

The ability to control one's actions and responses in accordance with social norms, personal goals, or legal guidelines, often requiring self-discipline and executive functions.

Middle Childhood

A stage in human development that occurs between early childhood and adolescence, typically from ages 6 to 12.

Latency Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory occurring from age six to puberty, where sexual urges are repressed and social and intellectual skills are developed.