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CHAPTER 5

DEVELOPING A KANBAN DESIGN

Many people think they only need to figure out the size of the kanban and they are ready to start up their kanban. Unfortunately, once they calculate the kanban size they are only partially ready. To successfully implement a kanban requires not only setting container quantities, but also the development of a design, deployment of the design, and training of the design. This chapter and the next two chapters will address these three topics. Thus our process flow expands, as shown in Figure 5-1, to include designing the kanban.

When we think of kanban design we should think about three things:

  1. Selecting the ...

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