Question

The welding department supplies parts to the final assembly line. Management decides to implement a kanban system and has collected the following data: • The daily demand is 2000 units. • The production lead time is 4 days (this includes processing time, transport time, and waiting time). • Management has decided to have 1 day of safety stock. • One container fits 400 units. How many kanban containers will be needed to support this system?

Answer 1

25 containers

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the number of kanban containers required is shown below:

= (Lead time demand + Safety stock) ÷ Container size

where,

Lead time demand is

= 2,000 units × 4 days

= 8,000 units

Container size = 400 units

Safety Stock is

= 1 day × 2,000 units

= 2,000 units

So, the number of kanban containers required is

= (8,000 units + 2,000 units) ÷ (400 units)

= 25 containers

We simply applied the above formula