What is the Kanban system?

Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed the Kanban system as a lean manufacturing and project management methodology. It is a visual system that uses cards or boards to manage and control the flow of work within a process or system. Kanban means signboard or billboard in Japanese.

What are the 3 main types of Kanban?

There are different types of Kanban cards that can be used, including:nnProductionnWithdrawalnTransportationnSuppliernEmergency

What is Kanban in lean manufacturing?

In lean manufacturing, Kanban is used to manage the flow of materials and information throughout the production process. Each Kanban card represents a specific product or part, and the card is used to track the status of that item through the production process.nnAs each item is produced and moved to the following process, the Kanban card is moved with it to indicate that the item has been consumed and that more production is needed.