Question

Lead time for computers is 7 days with daily demand of 5 computers and a safety stock of 1 day. Each kanban holds 8 computers. What is the correct number of kanbans?

Answer 1

Answer:

number of kanbans = 5

Explanation:

given data

Lead time = 7 days

daily demand = 5 computers

safety stock = 1 day

kanban holds = 8 computers

to find out

number of kanbans

solution

we get here number of kanbans that is express as

number of kanbans = $\frac{dL+S}{C}$   ...................1

here dL is demand during lead time and S is safety store and C is size of container

put here value we get

number of kanbans = $\frac{5*7+5}{8}$

number of kanbans = 5