Use This Material Requirements Planning Record to Explain How Kanbans

question 48

Essay

Use this material requirements planning record to explain how kanbans and MRP can be used together. This plant operates on a 40-hour week, and uses a 10% safety factor on a container size of 20 units with a half-day turnaround time on a container. What features of each system should be used and for what purposes?
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline { \text { Week } } & 1 & 2 & 3 \\\hline \text { Gross Requirement } & 900 & 1000 & 1100 \\\hline \text { Scheduled Receipts } & 0 & 0 & 0 \\\hline \text { Projected Ending Inventory } & 0 & 0 & 0 \\\hline \text { Net Requirements } & 900 & 1000 & 1100 \\\hline \text { Planned Receipts } & 900 & 1000 & 1100 \\\hline \text { Planned Orders } & 900 & 1000 & 1100 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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