Frank James Works for a Production Facility That Makes Car

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Frank James works for a production facility that makes car radios. His job is to insert the integrated circuits and make sure that they work correctly. He is expected to handle 20 radios per hour. The factory uses a Kanban production system with containers that hold four radios. It takes 60 minutes for Frank to receive the radios from the previous work station. The factory sets safety stock at 50 percent of demand during lead time. How many Kanbans are needed?

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