Discussion:
Q: Great Sky compnay uses Kanban cards and containers to manage incoming materials at a production cell. On average, the cell uses 400 units of raw materials per hour. Each raw material conatiner has a capacity of 50 units and an average cycle time ( waiting plus production lead time) of 40 minutes. The production/opeations manager believes the cell has an inneficiency factor (policy variable) of 0.35. The company also wants the system to have a looser operation.
1) What is the required number of containers?
2) What is the total raw material inventory for the required number of containers?