In Japanese, the word “Kan” means “visual” and “ban” means “card,” so Kanban refers to visual cards. Kanban is one of the Lean tools designed to reduce the idle time in a production process. The main idea behind the Kanban system is to deliver what the process needs exactly when it needs it.
Course Objective
After going through Kanban strategy training workshop participants will understand and learn about:
- Learn how to use Kanban in order to maximize its benefits.
- Understand the origins of Kanban.
- Understand options for tuning the Kanban implementation.
- Learn about the computation of Number of Kanban Cards.
- Understand core concepts of the Kanban Method.
- Learn about the types of Kanban systems and when each is appropriate.
- Understanding and utilizing lead times, risk classes and work variabilities.
Who Should Attend :
Top Managements Project Manager
Production Manager Production Analyst
QA Engineer Production Engineer
Sales & Purchasing managers
Benefits of Attending
Kanban can help you improve your workflow, deliver value faster and increase the satisfaction of your team. The system’s highly visual nature allowed teams to communicate more easily on what work needed to be done and when. It also standardized cues and refined processes, which helped to reduce waste and maximize value.
Kanban Strategy training workshop will offer following benefits:
- Improve team throughput by using Kanban to identify and remove bottlenecks.
- Shorter cycle times can deliver features faster.
- Reducing waste and removing activities that don’t add value to the department / organization.
- Rapid feedback loops improve the chances of more motivated, empowered and higher-performing team members.
- Balancing demand against throughput guarantees that most the customer-centric features are always being worked.
- Requires fewer organization / room set-up changes to get started.
Workshop Agenda
Introduction to Kanban
What is Kanban, Benefits of Using Kanban, Understand how Kanban Establish Pull System
Types of Kanban
Production Kanban, Withdrawal Kanban, Express Kanban, Emergency Kanban, Job-Order Kanban, Through Kanban, Common Kanban, Cart or Truck as a Kanban, Label, Full-Work System
How to use Various Kanban
Two Methods of Utilizing Production-Ordering Kanban
Kanban Rules
Learn Kanban Rules to make Kanban Implementation Successful
Computation of Number of Kanban Cards
Constant Cycle Withdrawal Kanban, Constant Quality Withdrawal Kanban, Constant Cycle Production Kanban, Constant Quantity Production Kanban, Two bin System, Calculation for Reorder Point, Calculation of Lot Size
Changes in the Number of Kanban
Changes in the Number of Supplier Kanban, Maintaining the Necessary Number of Kanban, Maximum and Minimum Numbers of the Parts Boxes on the Indicator Plate at the Parts Shelf, Automatic System for Pushing Aside Excess Kanban
e-Kanban
Types of e-Kanban, Sequenced Withdrawal Method e-Kanban, e-Kanban in the Later-Replenishment System, e-Kanban Passing through a Collection Center
Smoothing Kanban Collection
Obstacles to Collecting Smoothed Numbers of Kanban, Relationship between Smoothed Collection of Kanban and Parts Delivery, Smoothing Schedule for the Timing of Kanban Collection, Inventions of Kanban Posts at the Production Site, Post-Office Mechanism for Outgoing Supplier Kanban