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Production Flow Planning and Control System

KANBAN is a word of Japanese origin, consisting of two elements: KAN => card and BAN => signal. It is a production flow planning and control system.

Step 1 Production capacity

Determination of machine capacity in terms of load and product variety

Step 2 Changeover time

Analysis of changeover times

Step 3 Optimization

Determining the optimum production sequence

Reduce losses, gain an advantage

There are many methods and tools that serve the purpose of production process planning. The success of the company on the market and meeting the requirements of constant competitiveness depends on proper planning of what, when, and by whom should be implemented.

What is kanban?

One of the methods used for production planning is Kanban, which informs about the moment when the product will be consumed by the process downstream. Kanban controls material movements, considering both time and quantity, depending on signals from the downstream process. Simply put, material production only occurs when a specific amount of it is consumed.

KANBAN functions

Pulling material – authorized material movement; What, when, how much, how to deliver, in what quantity, where to deliver from…

Production planning system – authorized material production; Quantity of products, packaging, required components, required machine/tool..

Kanban cards should contain at least the following information:

material name
article number
place of collection
place of transfer
production stage
number of pieces per container
type of container

Benefits

Kanban is a continuous improvement tool that serves the enterprise in many ways:

Production managers have the ability to avoid material overproduction between individual production processes
It ensures transparency of material flow
It contributes to reducing the production space to the necessary minimum
It enables determination of the production capacity of machines in terms of their load and product variety
It allows for the determination of the optimal production sequence.