Question

A work center uses kanban containers that hold 200 parts. To produce enough parts to fill a container, 60 minutes of setup plus run time are needed. Moving the container to the next workstation, waiting time, processing time at the next work station, and return of the empty container take 120 minutes. There is an overall demand rate of 10 units per minute. Calculate the number of containers needed for this process.

Answer 1

9 containers

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given

Container holds (capacity) = 200 units

Demand rate per minute = 10 units

The computation of number of containers needed is shown below:-

Time to fill container = Setup time + Processing time

= 60 + 120

= 180 minutes

Number of containers (n) = (Demand × Time to fill container) ÷ Capacity of the container

= (10 × 180) ÷ 200

= 1,800 ÷ 200

= 9 containers

Therefore for computing the number of containers we simply applied the above formula.