Case 6.1 the Edward James Toy Company Uses a Kanban System to System

Multiple Choice

Case 6.1
The Edward James Toy Company uses a Kanban system to make plastic wheels that are a component of several toys. The waiting time for a container of the wheels during production is 0.25 day; average processing time is 0.15 day per container. Each container holds 200 wheels. The company uses 2,000 wheels a day in the production of its products.
-Use the information in Case 6.1. Using a policy variable of 5%, calculate the number of Kanban containers needed for the wheels.

A) three or fewer
B) four or five
C) five or six
D) seven or more