Automation.com Profiles Kanban
Summary
All processes including equipment must be reliable in order to minimize the inventory requirements.” Two of the primary limitations of a manual (or paper based) Kanban system are data availability and scalability.According to Justin Diana, VP of Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com), “In a typical manual Kanban implementation, most transactions and orders are placed with faxes and emails and recorded in an Excel spreadsheet.No Replenishment.Paper kanban intent has efficacy; the reality of cluttered transport routes, overflowing finished goods stores, immense quantities of WIP (work-in-progress) and unscheduled machine downtimes, often make the merits of this lean manufacturing functionality questionable.All processes including equipment must be reliable in order to minimize the inventory requirements.”Two of the primary limitations of a manual (or paper based) Kanban system are data availability and scalability.According to Justin Diana, VP of Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com), “In a typical manual Kanban implementation, most transactions and orders are placed with faxes and emails and recorded in an Excel spreadsheet.