Kanban for the Shopfloor

by Productivity Press Development Team

Book Overview

Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. The primary benefit of kanban is to reduce overproduction, the worst of the seven deadly wastes. A true kanban system produces exactly what is ordered, when it is ordered, and in the quantities ordered. It is essentially a dynamic work order that moves with the material.

Each kanban identifies the part or subassembly unit and indicates where each one came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563272695
• ISBN13: 9781563272691
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.9"