Flores Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans to support its electronic-board assembly lines. Determine the size of the ka subassemblies and the number of kanbans needed. The kanban size is Setup cost $28 Annual holding cost subassembly $240 per subassembly Daily production 550 subassemblies Annual usage Lead time, Safety stock 60,000 (50 weeks x 5 days each x daily usage of 240 subassemblies) 2 days 1 2 day's production of subassemblies (round your response to the nearest whole number).

Flores Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans to support its electronic-board assembly lines. Determine the size of the ka subassemblies and the number of kanbans needed. The kanban size is Setup cost $28 Annual holding cost subassembly $240 per subassembly Daily production 550 subassemblies Annual usage Lead time, Safety stock 60,000 (50 weeks x 5 days each x daily usage of 240 subassemblies) 2 days 1 2 day's production of subassemblies (round your response to the nearest whole number).

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