The production schedule at Mazda calls for 1,250 Mazdas to be produced during each of 22 production days in January and 1,050 Mazdas to be produced during each of 20 production days in February. Mazda uses a kanban system to communicate with Gesundheit, a nearby supplier of tires. Mazda purchases four tires per vehicle from the Gesundheit. The safety stock policy variable, a, is 0.08. The container (a delivery truck) size is 250 tires. The average waiting time plus material handling time is 0.50 day per container. Assembly lines are rebalanced at the beginning of each month. The average processing per container in January is 0.50 day. February processing time will average 0.10 day per container. How many containers should be authorized for January? containers. (Enter your response rounded up to the next whole number.)

The production schedule at Mazda calls for 1,250 Mazdas to be produced during each of 22 production days in January and 1,050 Mazdas to be produced during each of 20 production days in February. Mazda uses a kanban system to communicate with Gesundheit, a nearby supplier of tires. Mazda purchases four tires per vehicle from the Gesundheit. The safety stock policy variable, a, is 0.08. The container (a delivery truck) size is 250 tires. The average waiting time plus material handling time is 0.50 day per container. Assembly lines are rebalanced at the beginning of each month. The average processing per container in January is 0.50 day. February processing time will average 0.10 day per container. How many containers should be authorized for January? containers. (Enter your response rounded up to the next whole number.)

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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