16-6 Stan Weakly can sort a bin of 100 letters in 10 minutes. He typically recei
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16-6
Stan Weakly can sort a bin of 100 letters in 10 minutes. He typically
receives 600 letters an hour. A truck arrives with more bins every
30 minutes. The office uses a safety factor of 10%. How many kanbans are needed for the letter-sorting process?
16-7
The office administrator wishes to decrease the number of kanbans in
the letter-sorting process described in Problem 16-6. Which of the following alternatives has the greatest effect on reducing the number of
kanbans?
a. Eliminating the safety factor.
b. Receiving truck deliveries every 15 minutes
c. Increasing the bin capacity to 300 letters
What is the effect on inventory levels of decreasing the number of
kanbans?
Russell, Roberta S.; Taylor, Bernard W. (2013-12-09). Operations and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition (Page 754). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
Explanation / Answer
No. of Kanbans= (dL+S+/C
d=Avg. demand over a period of time=600
L=Lead time=30 min=0.5 hr
S=safety stock=10%*(600*0.5)=30
C=Container size=100
Kanbans=(600*0.5+30)/100=3.3 kanbans
b)if bin capacity increased to 300 number of kanbans will reduce, inventory levels will also decrease with decreasing kanbans
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