1.

A fabrication cell at Spradley’s Sprockets uses the pull method to supply gears to a
day. Containers typically wait 0.20 day in the fabrication cell. Each container holds 20
policy variable for unforeseen contingencies is set at 5 percent, how

Information FORMULA TO
Wait time in the fabrication cell (w)= 0.20 day
Daily demand of gears (d)=
Policy variable for unforessen contingencies $ (α)=
500 gears
0.05 %
N= d(w + m)
Machine time (m)= 1.8 days
Container size (s)= 20 gears N= 500 (

N= 500 (

N= 1050 /

N= 52.5

ANSWER: Therefore, approximately 53 containers should Jitson

 to supply gears to an assembly line. George Jitson is in charge of the assembly line, which req
h container holds 20 gears, and one container requires 1.8 days in machine time. Setup times
et at 5 percent, how many containers should Jitson authorize for the gear replenishment syste

FORMULA TO USE

N= d(w + m)(1 + α)/s

0.20 + 1.8 ) ( 1+ 0.05 ) / 20

2.00 ) ( 1.05 ) / 20

20

ontainers should Jitson authorize for the gear replenishment system

he assembly line, which requires 500 gears per
machine time. Setup times are negligible. If the
e gear replenishment system?
2. The production schedule at Mazda calls for 1,200 Mazdas to be produced during ea
20 production days in February. Mazda uses a Kanban system to communicate with G
Gesundheit. The safety stock policy variable, a, is 0.15. The container (a delivery truck
per container. Assembly lines are rebalanced at the beginning of each month. The av
time will average 0.125 day per container. How many containers should be authorize

JANU
Problem Statement:

d (average demand over some time period)= 1200 (number of Mazda required per day) X 4

L (lead time to produce parts) = 0.16 + 0.10

dL = 4800 X 0.26

S (safety stock) = 0.15 dL = 0.15 X 1248

C (container size) = 200 tires

ANSWER: Round up to 8 containers/day or 8

Round down to 7 containers/day or 7 x 22 (p

FEBR
Problem Statement:

d (average demand over some time period)= 900 (number of Mazda required per day) X 4

L (lead time to produce parts) = 0.16 + 0.125

dL = 3600 X 0.285
S (safety stock) = 0.15 dL = 0.15 X 1026

C (container size) = 200 tires

ANSWER: Round up to 6 containers/day or 6 x

Round down to 5 containers/day or 5 x 20 (p

 produced during each of 22 production days in January and 900 Mazdas to be produced duri
communicate with Gesundheit, a nearby supplier of tires. Mazda purchases four tires per veh
ner (a delivery truck) size is 200 tires. The average waiting time plus materials handling time
each month. The average processing time per container in January is 0.10 day. The February p
should be authorized for January? How many for February?

JANUARY
: FORMULA TO USE

(tire purchase per vehicle) = 4800 tires per day N = dL + S /

= 0.26 day per container N= ( 4800 X

= 1248 N= ( 1248 )

= 187.2 N= ( 1435.2 )

N= 7.176

ontainers/day or 8 x 22 (productions days) = 176 containers in January (allow some slack)

OR
ners/day or 7 x 22 (productions days) = 154 containers in January (force productivity improvem

FEBRUARY
FORMULA TO USE

(tire purchase per vehicle) = 3600 tires per day N = dL + S /

= 0.285 day per container N= ( 3600 X

= 1026 N= ( 1026 )
 = 153.9 N= ( 1179.9 )

N= 5.8995

ontainers/day or 6 x 20 (productions days) = 120 containers in February (allow some slack)

OR
ers/day or 5 x 20 (productions days) = 100 containers in February (force productivity improve
o be produced during each of
s four tires per vehicle from
ials handling time is 0.16 day
day. The February processing

FORMULA TO USE

N = dL + S / C
0.26 ) + 187.2 / 200

+ 187.2 / 200

/ 200

ow some slack)

oductivity improvement)

FORMULA TO USE

N = dL + S / C
0.29 ) + 153.9 / 200

+ 153.9 / 200
 / 200

low some slack)

oductivity improvement)