Title: Operations Management Problem from Chapter 7
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Problem 7
Robert produces 300 units of a product per hour and 30 units are needed to fill a container. It takes 15 minutes to receive the materials needed from the previous workstation. The company currently uses a safety stock of 10 percent. Determine the number of Kanbans needed between Robert’s station and the previous process.
The problem is from the below text:
Reid, D., & Sanders, R. (2009). Operations management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley&
Sons, Inc.
Number of words: 143