Question

Hartley​ Electronics, Inc., in​ Nashville, produces short runs of custom airwave scanners for the defense industry. You have been asked by the​ owner, Janet​ Hartley, to reduce inventory by introducing a kanban system. After several hours of​ analysis, you develop the following data for scanner connectors used in one work cell. How many kanbans do you need for this​ connector? Daily demand 1 comma 400 connectors Lead time 3 days Safety stock 1.00 day Kanban size 500 connectors Number of kanbans​ = nothing kanbans ​(round your response to the nearest whole​ number).

Answer 1

Answer:

11.2 containers

Explanation:

The computation of the number of kanban connectors needed is given below:

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

where,

Demand during Lead time demand is

= 1,400 units × 3 days

= 4,200 units

Container size = 500 connectors

Safety Stock is

= 1 day × 1,400 units

= 1,400 units

So, the number of kanban connectors needed is

= (4,200 units + 1,400 units) ÷ (500 units)

= 11.2 containers

We simply used the above formula