Presented By Anupam Sharma

KANBAN SYSTEMS

What is Kanban? Kanban, a Japanese word, literally meaning

“signboard” or “billboard” Means of achieving JIT production System of continuous supply of components & parts Enables workers to have

What they need Where they need it, and When they need it

What is Kanban? Can be used by

Manufacturing Organizations Non Manufacturing Organizations

Kanban system can be implemented either Manually or Through oracle based applications, or A hybrid of Oracle and Manual techniques

Why Kanban? Visualize workflow Lower inventory investment Better “customer” service Reduced administrative costs

Starting with Kanban Start with what you do know Modify it slightly to implement pull Use a transparent method for viewing work, and

organising the team Limit WIP and pull work when the team has capacity Evolve from there by recognising bottlenecks, waste

and variability that affect performanceKanban will support the team’s journey of process

Improvement and will expose the best solution

Manual Kanban Manual Information system to control

production, material transportation, and inventory

A visual record is left at the site to achieve replenishment

In the broad sense it is a communication signal from a downstream process (customer) to an upstream process

Kanban Card

Simple 2-Bin Hybrid Kanban

Here, Number of Kanbans (bins) = (Demand during lead time+ Safety stock)/Size of the Bin

Types of Kanban Production Kanban (P-Kanban) Transportation Kanban (T-Kanban) Kanban Square Material Kanban Supplier Kanban

Implementable Elsewhere?

IT industry? Service Industry (hotels, restaurants)? TAPMI?

Kanban Board

Kanban References: Anderson, Kanban in Action:

http://www.agilemanagement.net/Articles/Weblog/KanbaninAction.html Hiranabe, Kanban Applied to Software Development: from Agile

to Lean: http://www.infoq.com/articles/hiranabe-lean-agile-kanban Ladas, Scrumban - Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean

Software Development: http://www.lulu.com/content/3864767 Ladas, Scrum-ban:

http://leansoftwareengineering.com/ksse/scrum-ban/ Belshee, Naked Planning, Kanban Simplified:

http://joearnold.com/2008/03/naked-planning-kanban-simplified/