For a particular operation, the setup time is 10 minutes and the run time is 50 minutes to produce a standard lot of 40 parts. It takes three additional hours to circulate a container of parts after production is completed. The demand rate is 20,000 parts per month. There are 160 production hours in a month.a. How many standard containers are needed?b. What is the takt time of this process?

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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.