Increasing the safety stock factor will have what effect on the number of kanban containers needed?
A) Number of containers will decrease
B) Number of containers will increase
C) Number of containers will remain the same
D) Container size is unrelated to the number of containers needed

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Increasing the safety stock factor means that more inventory is being held as a buffer, which means more kanban containers are needed to hold that additional inventory. Therefore, the number of containers will increase.

Increasing the Safety Stock Factor Will Have What Effect on the Number