July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
8h 15m
English
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80 Lean suppLy ChaIn ManageMent essentIaLs
Simple Product Kanban Operation
Kanban: A method of Just-in-Time production that uses standard containers or lot sizes
with a single card attached to each. It is a pull system in which work centers signal with a
card that they wish to withdraw parts from feeding operations or suppliers. e Japanese
word Kanban, loosely translated, means card, billboard, or sign.
—APICS Dictionary, 12th edition
Figure4.14 illustrates the workings of a kanban card operation. As a container is
pulled from the supermarket inventory, a kanban card is sent to the supplying pro-
cess to make a replacement quantity. Typically ...