Question

A production system uses kanban cards to control production and movement of parts. one work center uses an average of 40 pieces per hour of a certain part. standard containers hold 10 parts. the cycle time for parts containers is about 36 minutes. management has assigned an efficiency factor of .20 to this work center. how many containers should be used to support this operation?

Answer 1

Given:
D = 40 pcs /hour
T = 36/60 = 0.60 hours
X = 0.20 
C = 10

Find the value of N.

N = DT (1 + X) / C 
N = [40/hr * 0.60 hr (1 + 0.20)] / 10
N = [24 (1.20)] / 10
N = 28.8 / 10
N = 2.88 or 3

3 containers should be used to support the operation.

Answer 2

Answer:

3 containers

Explanation:

A production system uses kanban cards to control production and movement of parts. one work center uses an average of 40 pieces per hour of a certain part. standard containers hold 10 parts. the cycle time for parts containers is about 36 minutes. management has assigned an efficiency factor of .20 to this work center. how many containers should be used to support this operation?

let us pick out the parameters

40 pieces/hr =

if the the circle time for parts containers is 36 minutes. convert 36 minutes to hour

1hr=60 minutes

36 minutes=36/60hr

0.6hr

1 container=10 parts

x containers=40p/hr*0.6hr*(1+0.2)=28.8 parts

cros and multiply the above

x=28.8/10

x=2.88

approximately=3 containers