Question

Hartley Bectronics, Inc., in Nashville produces short runs of custom airwave scanners for the defense industry. You have been asked by the owner, Janet Hartley, to reduce inventory by introducing a kanban system. Aher several hours of analysis, you develop the following data for scanner connectors used in one work col. How many kanbans do you need for this connector? Daily demand 1,400 connectors Lead time 3 days Safety stock 150 days Kanban size 500 connectors Number of karbans-kanbare found your response to the nearest whole number).

Answer 1

Solution:

Based on the information given in the question:

Value Particulars DD =Daily Demand = LT = Lead Time = SS = Safety Stock= KBS = Kanban Size 1400 3 1.5 500

Then,

= DD X (LT + SS) KB KBS +1 1400 x (3 +1.5) 500 + 1 6300 501 = 13 Kanbans (Rounded to the nearest whole number)

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