KANBAN SYSTEM

ZUBAIR AHMED KHAN

2020-NTU-MSTT-6078
MS TT ( 2ND SEMESTER)
 INTRODUCTION

• Kanban (Japanese for sign) is an inventory control system used in just-in-
time (JIT) manufacturing to track production and order new shipments of
parts and materials.
• It aims to help you visualize your work, maximize efficiency, and improve
continuously.
 SYSTEMS OF KANBAN

• There are two types of systems:

1. Push system
2. Pull system
Push and Pull system are two types of production systems, which operate
equally in opposite sense and have their own merits and demerits
 PUSH AND PULL SYSTEMS

• PUSH SYSTEM:
It is a conventional system of production. When a job completes its process in
a workstation, then it is pushed to the next workstation where it requires further
processing or storing.
 PUSH AND PULL SYSTEMS

• PULL SYSTEM:
• A pull type production system consists of a sequence of workstations
involving value addition in each workstation.
• Pull manufacturing works best when demand is high and steady for a
relatively small variety of products.
• The production is based solely on customer demand rather than the standard
push practice that encourages you to produce goods first, and then push them
out onto the market.
 TYPES OF KANBANS

• Bin system
• Card system
• Work In Progress System (WIP)
 BIN SYSTEM

• The bin system is an analog system useful in physical production

environments. In a simple two-bin system, identical bins are filled with an
equal number of parts. When the first bin is emptied, it’s sent to be refilled.
• Supplies from the second bin are used, and the first bin is refilled before the
second is emptied, preventing shortages of materials and interruptions in
production.
 CARD SYSTEM
•  the cards themselves are sometimes called kanban cards, For the sake of
clarity, we’ll just use Kanban for the system and card for the physical (or
digital) cards in this post.
• In this method, cards are made to represent each item that needs to be
produced or a task that needs to be accompli. The card accompanies the
product through the production process and remains with it until the item is
shipped, purchased, consumed, whatever the case may be. At this point, the
card is returned to the beginning of the production line, signaling the process
to begin again.
 WORK IN PROGRESS SYSTEM (WIP)
• WIP is the number of task items that a team is currently working on. An
effective Kanban System is WIP limits because every team has limited
capacity. The team focus only on the tasks they truly have the capacity to
complete simultaneously. WIP limits are determined by assessing the
capacity of your team.
• In a digital Kanban System, WIP limits can be enforced by rules that allow
only a certain number of cards in the “Doing” space at once. If someone
attempts to move an additional card to space once the WIP limit has been
reached, a dialog box or other warning will alert the user to the WIP limit.
KANBAN IMPLEMENTATION
 WHY KANBAN?

• Increased Visibility of the Flow

• Improved Delivery Speed
• Alignment between Business Goals and Execution
• Improved Predictability
• Reduced Waste Output 
 REFERENCES

• https://www.leanscape.io/kanban-explained-for-beginners/
• https://kissflow.com/project/agile/effective-kanban-system/
• Literature review of JIT-KANBAN system