A production system uses kanban cards to control production and movement of parts. one work center uses an average of 40 pieces per hour of a certain part. standard containers hold 10 parts. the cycle time for parts containers is about 36 minutes. management has assigned an efficiency factor of. 20 to this work center. how many containers should be used to support this operation?

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18 March, 08:47

A production system uses kanban cards to control production and movement of parts. one work center uses an average of 40 pieces per hour of a certain part. standard containers hold 10 parts. the cycle time for parts containers is about 36 minutes. management has assigned an efficiency factor of. 20 to this work center. how many containers should be used to support this operation?

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Dallas Armstrong · Answer 1

Given:

D = 40 pcs / hour

T = 36/60 = 0.60 hours

X = 0.20

C = 10

Find the value of N.

N = DT (1 + X) / C

N = [40/hr * 0.60 hr (1 + 0.20) ] / 10

N = [24 (1.20) ] / 10

N = 28.8 / 10

N = 2.88 or 3

3 containers should be used to support the operation.