What is a Kanban? James Chapados and Agnieszka Perlinska Stowe Consulting Company PO Box 3923 Stowe, Vermont 05672 Phone: 802-635-3676 info@stoweconsultingcompany.com www.stoweconsultingcompany.com 2 Introduction A key tool in lean manufacturing is the kanban. For one of the authors, James Chapados, learning about kanbans was helped by experiences with his mother. My mother was many things, an Olympic caliber tennis player and remarkable all round athlete, a brilliant English
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1. Historical Background of Toyota’s Production System Kanban System was found by the Vice-President of Toyota Motor Company Taiichi Ohno in the middle of the 20th century. The idea behind Kanban System came from US supermarkets and this system is about producing only the necessary products, at the necessary time, in necessary quantity (Sugimori et al., 1977). The starting point of Kanban was the recognition of diversity of Japan’s features and the idea is developed by considering the two distinct
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Abstract: Kanban is a Japanese term which means “visible record”. This is the term used in production and inventory control systems and methods which help us find out the answer or questions like: what parts to manufacture, when to start manufacturing, when to stop manufacturing, how many to manufacture and where to deliver them to. Kanban works on a pull systems to automatically schedule more production without intervention of Supervision nor Planning & Scheduling Department personnel. Kanban works
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Sistemas Kanban ¿Qué es Kanban? El nombre Kanban se refiere a las etiquetas que se ponen a las piezas y productos para identificarlas durante los diferentes procesos de fabricación y transporte en las empresas, no obstante la filosofía Kanban abarca un terreno mucho más amplio que explicaremos ahora. La metodología Kanban está enfocada a crear un sistema de producción más efectivo y eficiente, enfocándose principalmente en los campos de la producción y la logística. Los sistemas Kanban consisten
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"Today's kanban research is the modern equivalent of yesterday's economic order quantity research." Do you agree? Explain your answer. Both Economic Order Quantity and Kanban are based on finding the level of inventory that results in the lowest holding and ordering costs. Kanban research uses the rate of demand to control the rate of production. Customers or needs determine the demand and this drives the level of inventory. Production is made of only what is needed by demand, not based on
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UNIVERSITÄT DUISBURG ESSEN Campus Duisburg Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften Abteilung Maschinenbau Institut für Produkt Engineering Transportsysteme und -logistik Keetmanstr. 3-9 47058 Duisburg Telefon: 0203 379-2785 Telefax: 0203 379-3048 eMail: bernd.noche@uni-due.de Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Noche ABC-/XYZ Analysis Introduction tul Quelle: Powerpoint-Folien: Uta Horstmann ABC-Analysis 2 M0000 A short definition of ABC-Analysis The ABC-Analysis represents a simple method of material classification
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Value Stream Mapping 1 Value Stream Mapping Definition • Value Stream Mapping (VSM): – Special type of flow chart that uses symbols known as "the language of Lean" to depict and improve the flow of inventory and information. 2 Value Stream Mapping Purpose • Provide optimum value to the customer through a complete value creation process with minimum waste in: – Design (concept to customer) – Build (order to delivery) – Sustain (in-use through life cycle to service) 3 Why
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Sequence the Work and Execute the Plans Self-Assessment Introduction Course Overview Welcome to the CPIM Execution and Control of Operations — Sequence the Work and Execute the Plans self-assessment course. This introduction provides an overview of the CPIM program, this course, and further preparation for the certification examinations. The CPIM certification is the recognized standard for individual assessment in the field of production and inventory management. The certification is designed
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oPRODUCTION SYSTEM A first possible distinction in production systems (technological classification) is between process production and part production. * Process production means that the product undergoes physical -chemical transformations and lacks assembly operations, therefore raw materials cant easily be obtained from the final product, examples include: paper, cement and nylon. * Part production (ex: cars and ovens) comprises both manufacturing systems and assembly systems. In the
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to better quality, timely delivery, and peace-of-mind for Toyota’s customers. Just-in-time is itself, based on four key principles that work together to support this unique concept at every level: Heijunka, Elimination of waste, Takt time and Kanban. HEIJUNKA – LEVELLING THE FLOW Heijunka The term Heijunka describes the foundation of the TPS approach to just-in-time processes – ones in which inventory costs are minimised by having the parts required arrive at their point of use only as
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