Question

The Edward James Toy Company uses a kanban system to make a plastic wheels that are a component of several toys. The waiting time for a container of the wheels during production is 0.25 day; average processing time is 0.15 day per container. Each container holds 200 wheels. The company uses 2000 wheels a day in the production of its products. Use the information in Case 8.1. Using a policy variable of 5%, calculate the number of kanban containers needed for the wheels.

Answer 1

The number of kanban containers needed for the wheels is 4.2 containers

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to calculate the number of kanban containers needed for the wheels we would have to calculate the following formula:

number of kanban containers needed for the wheels=Demand rate*(Average processing time+Average waiting time)*(1+Alpha)/Container size

According to the given data we have the following:

Demand rate = 2000 per day

Average processing time= 0.15 day

Average waiting time = 0.25 day

Container size= 200

Alpha= 5%

Therefore, number of kanban containers needed for the wheels=2,000*(0.15+0.25)*(1+0.05)/200

number of kanban containers needed for the wheels=4.2 containers

The number of kanban containers needed for the wheels is 4.2 containers