Hinge Manufacturing Company Employs a Kanban System for a Component $\alpha$

question 9

Essay

Hinge Manufacturing Company employs a Kanban system for a component part.The daily demand is 900 hinges.Each container has a wait time of 0.05/day, and a processing time of 0.37 days.The Container size is 60 hinges and the safety factor ( $\alpha$ ) is 10%.
a.How many Kanban card sets should be authorized?
b.What is the maximum inventory of this hinge in the system?

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