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A production cell at the Stylish Bags facility operates 8 hours per day and uses a pull method to supply purse handles to the assembly

A production cell at the Stylish Bags facility operates 8 hours per day and uses a pull method to supply purse handles to the assembly
line. The purse handles are used at a rate of 220 per day. Each container holds 8 handles and on average remains 30 minutes in the cell
before being passed on to the assembly-line team that is responsible for attaching the handles to the finished purses. Safety stock is
usually 30 percent. How many containers should the manufacturing cell deploy at the Stylish Bags facility for handles, in order to meet
demand? (Round up answer to next integer, e.g.15.)
Number of containers
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