Mentor, a company that makes muffler assemblies for the automotive industry, is
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Question
Mentor, a company that makes muffler assemblies for the automotive industry, is committed to the use of kanban to pull material through its manufacturing cells Mentor has designed each cell to fabricate a specific family of muffler products. Fabricating a muffler assembly involves cutting and bending pieces of pipe that are welded to a muffler and a catalytic converter. The mufflers and catalytic converters are pulled into the cel based on current demand. The catalytic converters are made in a specialized cell. Catalytic converters are made in batches of 15 units and are moved in special hand carts to the fabrication cells. The catalytic converter cell is designed so that different types of catalytic converters can be made with virtually no setup loss. Meritor hires a team of consultants The consultants suggest a partial robotic automation as well as the safety stock to be 0 095 Meritor implements these suggestions. The result its an increase in efficiency in both the fabrication of muffler assembly and the making of catalytic converters. The muffler assembly function ceil averages 20 assemblies per hour and the lead time ts three hours' response the for a batch of 15 catalytic converters How many kanban cards are needed9 (Round up your answer to the nearest whole number.)Explanation / Answer
they need 12 kanban cards