120 Pages
by
Productivity Press
120 Pages
by
Productivity Press
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Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. The primary benefit of kanban is to reduce overproduction, the worst of the seven deadly wastes . A true kanban system produces exactly what is ordered, when it is ordered, and in the quantities ordered. It is essentially a dynamic work order that moves with the material. Each kanban identifies the part or subassembly... Read more
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Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introducing Key Terms and Benefits of Kanban
Chapter 2: The Basics of Kanban: Functions, Rules, and Types of Kanban
Chapter 3: Phase One: Scheduling Kanban
Chapter 4: Phase Two: Circulating Kanban
Chapter 5: Phase Three: Improving with Kanban
Chapter 6: Reflections and Conclusions
Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introducing Key Terms and Benefits of Kanban
Chapter 2: The Basics of Kanban: Functions, Rules, and Types of Kanban
Chapter 3: Phase One: Scheduling Kanban
Chapter 4: Phase Two: Circulating Kanban
Chapter 5: Phase Three: Improving with Kanban
Chapter 6: Reflections and Conclusions
Biography
Productivity Press Development Team
"An outstanding battle manual to start implementing kanban."
— Ron Fardell, Director, Lean Manufacturing, GDX Automotive, June 2004
"Kanban for the Shopfloor provides the reader with the framework for implementing kanban in any operation. It provides a nomenclature for various terms of kanbans, and illustrates how kanban is an element of continuous improvement that leads to the ideal of one-piece flow."
Tim Rayburn, Director, Continuous Improvement, ESG Chiller Products, York, June, 2004
"The three main strengths of this book are:the simple, plain language, the Chapter 6 summary list that can be used as an excellent check sheet for kanban implementation, the explanation of the role kanban serves in lean production."
— BJ Fontaine, Mgr of Manuf. Eng., NASSCO (Nat'l Steel & Shipbuilding Co.), June 2004
