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Maggie Moylan Motorcycle Corp. uses kanbans to support its transmission assembly

ID: 377637 • Letter: M

Question

Maggie Moylan Motorcycle Corp. uses kanbans to support its transmission assembly line. Determine the size of the kanban for the mainshaft assembly and the number of kanbans needed.

Setup cost

$20

Annual holding cost

$220

Daily production

300

Annual usage

25,000

weekstimes×5

eachtimes×daily

100

Lead time

3

Safety stock

0.50

Kanban container size = ____mainshafts (round your response to the nearest whole number).

what is number of kanbans needed?

Setup cost

$20

Annual holding cost

$220

per mainshaft

Daily production

300

mainshafts/day

Annual usage

25,000

(50

weekstimes×5

days

eachtimes×daily

usage of

100

mainshafts)

Lead time

3

days

Safety stock

0.50

days' production

Explanation / Answer

Given Values

Setup cost (S) = $20

Annual holding cost (H) = $220per mainshaft

Daily production (p) = 300 mainshafts/day

Daily usage (d) = 100 mainshafts

Annual usage (D) = 25,000

Lead time = 3 days

Safety stock = 0.50 days’ production (100/2) = 50

EOQ= square root of {[2DS/h (1-d/p)]}

=square root of {[2*25000*20/220(1-100/300)]}

=square root of {[1000000/220*0.66]}

=square root of {1000000/145.2}

=square root of {6887.05}

= 82.98

So the size of the Kanban is 83.

Now number of Kanbans needed is,

= (Demand during lead time + Safety stock)/ Size of the Kanban

= (3*100+50)/83

= 300+50/83

= 350/83

= 4.23

So we needed 5 KANBAN as KANBAN in decimal means we should go upper side to make it whole number therefore 4.23 will become 5

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