A manufacturer of automobile engines is designing a new Kanban system for engine #321. The demand for #321 is 75 parts per day, and the container can hold 8 parts at a time. The total processing and waiting time is 3 days. The manager wants a safety factor ( α ) of 2 or 200 percent. How many Kanbans are required in this system?
A) 85
B) 90
C) 100
D) 115

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The correct answer is A.The number of Kanbans required is calculated as:Kanbans = (Demand * Lead Time) / Container Size + Safety FactorKanbans = (75 parts/day * 3 days) / 8 parts/container + 2Kanbans = 28.125 + 2Kanbans = 30.125Since we cannot have a fraction of a Kanban, we round up to the nearest whole number, which is 31.

A Manufacturer of Automobile Engines Is Designing a New Kanban