A Manufacturing Company Is Using a Two-Container Kanban System Between

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Essay

A manufacturing company is using a two-container Kanban system between a downstream (using) and an upstream (producing) work center.Each container holds 25 parts.The using work center can handle 100 parts per day.The average elapsed time for the entire cycle is currently .40 days.The company is concerned about the efficiency of the operation.
a.What is the safety factor for the current operation?
b.What is the maximum authorized inventory for this part?
c.If the number of containers is reduced to one, how many parts must it hold?
d.If the efficiency is changed to .10 and the number of parts per container is increased to 44, how many containers will be needed?

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