Question: Problem 5- Page 611, Q3 (3 marks) 3. A cell uses 90 kg of a certain material each day. The material is transported in

Problem 5- Page 611, Q3 (3 marks) 3. A cell uses 90

Problem 5- Page 611, Q3 (3 marks) 3. A cell uses 90 kg of a certain material each day. The material is transported in vats that hold 54 kg each. Cycle time for a kanban is about two hours. The manager has assigned a safety factor of .50. The plant operates on an eight-hour day. How many kanbans are needed? LO6 Problem 6- Page 612, Q10 (3 marks) 11. Calculate the takt time for a service system that is intended to perform a standardized service. The system will have a total work time of 440 minutes per day, two 10-minute breaks, and an hour for lunch. The service system must process 90 jobs a day. LO4 Problem 7 (10 marks) A parts distributor has an annual demand for machine parts of 10,000 per year with average cost of $10 per unit. There are two options for shipping this from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (1) a combination of ship and train that will take 30 days at a cost of $3 per unit or (2) a combination of ship and truck that will take 20 days at a cost $4 per unit. The holding cost rate is 30% of unit cost per year. a. b. Which mode of transportation is more economical? (round to the nearest dollar) Calculate the annual total shipping costs if the parts distributor keeps a safety stock of 100 units for option (1) and a safety stock of 50 units for option (2) (round to the nearest dollar)?

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