1. You make wings for drones using Kanban cards to authorize movement of incoming parts. In one portion of the system, a work center uses an average of 113 parts per hour while running. The manager has assigned an inefficiency factor of 0.18 to the center. Standard containers are designed to hold 5 dozen parts each. The cycle time for parts containers is 65 minutes. How many containers are needed?
2. In your opinion, what is the benefit of allowing companies to isolate genetic material and claim a patent? What kind of patent would this be? A machine? A composition of matter? A manufacture?