1. A fabrication cell at Spradley’s Sprockets uses the pull method to supply gears to an assembly line.

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Jitson is in charge of the assembly line, which requires 500 gears per day. Containers typically wait 0.20 d
the fabrication cell. Each container holds 20 gears, and one container requires 1.8 days in machine time.
Setup times are negligible. If the policy variable for unforeseen contingencies is set at 5 percent, how ma
containers should Jitson authorize for the gear replenishment system?

w=1.8 k=(500(1.8+0.20)(1+0.05))/20
p=0.20 k=1050/20=52.5=53 Authorized container.
d=500
a=5%=0.05
c=20

2. The production schedule at Mazda calls for 1,200 Mazdas to be produced during each of 22 production
days in January and 900 Mazdas to be produced during each of 20 production days in February. Mazda u
a Kanban system to communicate with Gesundheit, a nearby supplier of tires. Mazda purchases four tires
vehicle from Gesundheit. The safety stock policy variable, a, is 0.15. The container (a delivery truck) size
200 tires. The average waiting time plus materials handling time is 0.16 day per container. Assembly lines
rebalanced at the beginning of each month. The average processing time per container in January is 0.10
The February processing time will average 0.125 day per container. How many containers should be
authorized for January? How many for February?

JANUARY

w=0.16 kJanuary=(4800(0.16+0.10)(1+0.15))/200
p=0.10 kJanuary=1435.20/200=7.17=7 Authorized container.
d=1200*4=4800
a=0.15
c=200

FEBRUAR
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w=0.16 kFebruary=(3600(0.16+0.125)(1+0.15))/200
p=0.125 kFebruary=1179.90/200=5.89=6 Authorized container.
d=900*4=3600
a=0.15
c=200
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