Kanban Equation 2: Fixed Container Size and Average Demand

Because the demand split percentage is 100 percent, the average daily demand remains the same.

The F3016 table includes three kanban records for the same supplying branch, supplying location, consuming branch, consuming location, and item number. The demand has to be distributed evenly among the records.

(Average daily demand) = (average daily demand) ÷ (number of similar kanban records)

(Average daily demand) = 272.5 ÷ 3 = 91

(Kanban size) = (average daily demand) × [(leadtime delivery (days)) + (scan delta days)] + (safety stock)

(Kanban size) = 91 × (2 + 1) + 50 = 323 units

The maximum kanban size is defined as 60 in the Kanban Size Calculation Parameter Definition program. Therefore, the kanban size is 60, because 323 is greater than 60.

(Number of cards) = (kanban size) ÷ (container size) = 60 ÷ 50 = 1.2 = 2 cards