Suppose a "lean" work center is being operated with a container size of 25 units and a demand rate of 100 units per hour. Also assume it takes 180 minutes lead time to fulfill a downstreamcontainer request.
A. Assuming a safety stock factor of 8 percent, how many containers are required (answer in integer number of containers)?
B. Using the integer from part A, what is the maximum number of units of inventory that can accumulate?