# Of containers = DT (1 + S)/ C — Eakins Enterprises makes model boats and switching lean manufacturing process one assembly

Eakins Enterprises makes model boats, and it is switching to a lean manufacturing process. At one assembly area, Eakins is using one part container that holds 250 parts, and it wants the output to be approximately 100 finished parts per hour; they also desire a 10 percent safety stock for this part. How fast will the container have to make it through the system to accomplish this?

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# Of containers = DT (1 + S)/ C