Managing Supply Chain and Operations 1st Edition by Thomas Foster ,Scott Sampson,Cynthia Wallin,Scott Webb

Exercise 1

Currently, a company produces 1500 parts per day to meet demand. A standard container of the parts under consideration holds 250 items. It takes 0.75 day to receive the parts once a card is released. If the company wants a safety stock of 500 of these parts, how many kanban cards are needed?