1. KANBAN SYSTEMS
Presented By Anupam Sharma

2. What is Kanban?
 Kanban, a Japanese word, literally meaning
“signboard” or “billboard”
 Means of achieving JIT production
 System of continuous supply of components &
parts
 Enables workers to have
 What they need
 Where they need it, and
 When they need it

3. What is Kanban?
 Can be used by
 ManufacturingOrganizations
 Non Manufacturing Organizations
 Kanban system can be implemented either
 Manually or
 Through oracle based applications, or
 A hybrid of Oracle and Manual techniques

4. Why Kanban?
 Visualize workflow
 Lower inventory investment
 Better “customer” service
 Reduced administrative costs

5. Starting with Kanban
 Start with what you do know
 Modify it slightly to implement pull
 Use a transparent method for viewing work, and organising
the team
 Limit WIP and pull work when the team has capacity
 Evolve from there by recognising bottlenecks, waste and
variability that affect performance
Kanban will support the team’s journey of process Improvement
and will expose the best solution

6. Manual Kanban
 Manual Information system to control
production, material transportation, and
inventory
 A visual record is left at the site to achieve
replenishment
 In the broad sense it is a communication
signal from a downstream process (customer)
to an upstream process

7. Kanban Card

8. Simple 2-Bin Hybrid
Kanban
Here, Number of Kanbans
(bins) = (Demand during lead
time+ Safety stock)/Size of the
Bin

9. Types of Kanban
 Production Kanban (P-Kanban)
 Transportation Kanban (T-Kanban)
 Kanban Square
 Material Kanban
 Supplier Kanban

10. Implementable
Elsewhere?
 IT industry?
 Service Industry (hotels, restaurants)?
 TAPMI?

12. Kanban Board

13. Kanban References:
 Anderson, Kanban in Action:
http://www.agilemanagement.net/Articles/Weblog/KanbaninAction.ht
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 Hiranabe, Kanban Applied to Software Development: from Agile to
Lean: http://www.infoq.com/articles/hiranabe-lean-agile-kanban
 Ladas, Scrumban - Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software
Development: http://www.lulu.com/content/3864767
 Ladas, Scrum-ban:
http://leansoftwareengineering.com/ksse/scrum-ban/
 Belshee, Naked Planning, Kanban Simplified:
http://joearnold.com/2008/03/naked-planning-kanban-simplified/