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The daily demand for parts made at machining workcell JMB is 1600 units. The average processing time is 25 seconds per u

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:08 am
by answerhappygod
The daily demand for parts made at machining workcell JMB is1600 units. The average processing time is 25 seconds per unit. Acontainer spends, on average, six hours waiting at JMB before it isprocessed. Each container holds 250 parts. Currently 10 containersare being used for the part.
a.What percent safety margin of stock is being carried?
b.If you wanted to retain this safety margin, but remove onecontainer, to what value must the waiting time be reduced?
c.What would happen if the demand for parts increased to1900 with K = 10?