How To Use A Kanban Board System
Those who have not yet heard about the kanban board will certainly find that it is a system many
are now using in order to streamline manufacturing and production, as well as retail situations.
Kanban is a word that in...
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How To Use A Kanban Board System
Those who have not yet heard about the kanban board will certainly find that it is a system many
are now using in order to streamline manufacturing and production, as well as retail situations.
Kanban is a word that in Japanese means billboard or sign board and this is because these
cards or boards are used to show what needs to be replaced.
Each kanban card functions as a
literal signal that a certain item needs to be replenished.
Thus, a company can take care of their
supply chain by understanding exactly when demand begins to happen and responding to it right
away.
The concept of the kanban board was first come up with in Japan by a major automotive
manufacturer that wanted to do what is called JIT production.
JIT stands for Just in Time, meaning
that instead of producing a large number of items and then hoping to get people to buy them, the
company wanted to read demand quickly and respond to it.
The use of the kanban card quickly
spread o
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