Definitions for kanban
kan·ban

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1. kanbannoun

   a card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components

2. kanbannoun

   a coordinated manufacturing system using such cards

3. Etymology: From Japanese 看板 (かんばん, kanban), 看 visible + 板 board or card.

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1. Kanban

   Kanban (Japanese: カンバン and Chinese: 看板, meaning signboard or billboard) is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing (also called just-in-time manufacturing, abbreviated JIT). Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency. The system takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory. Kanban is also known as the Toyota nameplate system in the automotive industry. Kanban became an effective tool to support running a production system as a whole, and an excellent way to promote improvement. Problem areas are highlighted by measuring lead time and cycle time of the full process and process steps. One of the main benefits of kanban is to establish an upper limit to work in process (commonly referred as "WIP") inventory to avoid overcapacity. Other systems with similar effect exist, for example CONWIP. A systematic study of various configurations of kanban systems, such as generalized kanban or production authorization card (PAC) and extended kanban, of which CONWIP is an important special case, can be found in Tayur (1993), and more recently Liberopoulos and Dallery (2000), among other papers.A goal of the kanban system is to limit the buildup of excess inventory at any point in production. Limits on the number of items waiting at supply points are established and then reduced as inefficiencies are identified and removed. Whenever a limit is exceeded, this points to an inefficiency that should be addressed.

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1. Kanban

   Kanban is a scheduling system for lean and just-in-time production. Kanban is a system to control the logistical chain from a production point of view, and is not an inventory control system. Kanban was developed by Taiichi Ohno, at Toyota, to find a system to improve and maintain a high level of production. Kanban is one method through which JIT is achieved. Kanban became an effective tool in support of running a production system as a whole, and it proved to be an excellent way for promoting improvement. Problem areas were highlighted by reducing the number of kanban in circulation.

How to pronounce kanban?

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   Libby

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kanban in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kanban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kanban
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kanban