A supplier of instrument gauge clusters uses a kanban system to control material low. The gauge cluster

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A supplier of instrument gauge clusters uses a kanban system to control material low. The gauge cluster housings are transported five at a time. A fabrication center produces approximately 10 gauges per hour. It takes approximately two hours for the housing to be replenished. Due to variations in processing times, management has decided to keep 20 percent of the needed inventory as safety stock. How many kanban card sets are needed?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 978-0078024023

14th edition

Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard Chase

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