A Company is in the business of machining parts that go through various work

centres. Suppose work centre A feeds work centre B with parts. The following times

(in minutes) are given for each work centre.

WORK CENTER	A	B
Set up time	3	2
Run time (per part)	0.5	0.1
Move time	6	8

A standard Kanban container holds 50 parts that are transferred from work centre A

to work centre B. The demand rate at work centre B is four parts per minute.

a. How many Kanban containers are needed for this situation?

b. If move time is cut in half, what does this do to the number of containers needed? how much will this change reduce inventory?