The Kanban system

1. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Storage area Empty containers Full containers Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

2. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

3. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

4. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

5. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

6. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

7. The Kanban System Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Storage area Empty containers Full containers Receiving post Kanban card for product 1 Kanban card for product 2 Figure 8.4 – Single-Card Kanban System Fabrication cell O 1 O 2 O 3 O 2 Assembly line 1 Assembly line 2

10. Number of Containers Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. WIP = (average demand rate)  (average time a container spends in the manufacturing process) + safety stock WIP = kc kc = d ( w + p )(1 + α ) k = d ( w + p )(1 + α ) c where k = number of containers d = expected daily demand for the part w = average waiting time p = average processing time c = number of units in each container α = policy variable