A Woodstock, Ontario assembly plant feeds seat modules to it…
A Woodstock, Ontario assembly plant feeds seat modules to its final line. The line builds 14 vehicles per hour, and each vehicle takes one seat module. Modules travel from the subassembly area in containers holding 6 modules, and a container takes 2 hours to be returned, refilled, and delivered back to the line. Plant management holds safety stock equal to 25 percent of demand during lead time. (a) Calculate the number of kanban card sets required between subassembly and the final line. Show your formula, your substitution, and your final answer. (b) The plant wants fewer containers on the floor. Using the variables in the formula, identify two changes that would reduce the number of card sets, and name one lean practice that supports each change.