Sena Düzgün (Writer)
26 April 2024
What is Kanban?
Kanban is a work management system that allows to optimize workflow by tracking work items and their status on a visual board.
Kanban System Implementation Steps
- Analysis and selection of processes
- Defining Kanban rules
- Selecting the Kanban type
- Planning and dimensioning
- Creation of organizational tools and cards
Benefits of the Kanban System
- Inventory and finished goods in circulation are reduced. In this way, capital loss and wasteful activities related to stocks are minimized.
- Flexibility increases in terms of changing customer needs and expectations.
- While facilitating production management, the kanban system requires computer training systems. The only requirements are cards, effective time planning and discipline.
- It is a tool for synchronization of processes with different flow rates.
- It enables each process to draw what it needs from the previous process. In this way, material flow is organized.