A manager wants to determine the number of containers to use for incoming parts for a kanbansystem to be installed next month. The process will have a usage rate of 80 pieces per hour. Becausethe process is new, the manager has assigned an inefficiency factor of .35. Each container holds 45pieces, and it takes an average of 75 minutes to complete a cycle. How many containers should beused? As the system improves, will more or fewer containers be required? Why?

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A: D= 150,000 switches Tw= 90 minutes Tp= 9 minutes  c= 3% of 150,000= 4500 r= 6%= 0.06

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A: Average waiting time per contain is given in hours i.e, 14 hours.

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Lean Production

The word lean refers to the “slim “that is used in manufacturing for the systematic designing that focuses on minimizing the waste in the manufacturing or production with the constant productivity of the operation. Lean manufacturing was rooted from Toyota Production system a Japanese manufacturing company that works on the approach of minimizing the non-value-added activities and making the production lean.