A local hospital want to setup a kanban system to manage its supply of bloods from the regional blood bank, the regional blood bank deliver blood to hospital purchasing group place orders for blood each at 5pm . Blood is measured in pint and is shipped in container that contains six pints. For a particular blood type the hospital uses an average of 12 pints per a day . Due to the critical nature of the blood storage the hospital want to carry a safety stock of expected supply.

Required:

a. From the statement above

i. Average demand

iI. Lead time period

iii. Safety stock

iv. Number ofpints per container

b) How many kanban card sets should the hospital prepare