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kanban

(ˈkænbæn)
n
1. (Commerce) a just-in-time manufacturing process in which the movements of materials through a process are recorded on specially designed cards
2. (Commerce) any of the cards used for ordering materials in such a system
[literally: advertisement hoarding]
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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 20, 2019-: Industrial Journalist TR Cutler Profiles Kanban in Manufacturing Feature Article Series
Kanban [1] was first introduced as a scheduling method for assembly lines in Toyota factories.
A finished goods Kanban has been set up that is sized to mutually agreed forecast numbers and replenished based on program management review of shipments.
With the embedded Kanban Portfolio Layers, the new workflow designer breaks the typical Kanban board limitations and enables our clients to truly achieve 100% workflow transparency on all levels of organizational hierarchy."
Using a timed-delivery Kanban card system can support Lean implementation in ED materials management to mitigate risk and improve fiscal responsibility.
One of the most popular instances of Lean approach is Kanban for which it is considered to offer a less prescriptive element as compared to Agile methods [17], [18].
The addition of LeanKit's Enterprise Kanban for Engineers solution advances Planview's work and resource management vision of supporting all the ways organisations work, ensuring they can plan and scale more effectively to deliver customer value faster.
The all-metal OTTO 100 self-driving vehicle (SDV) offers safe, efficient material transport for industrial facilities in cart movement, Kanban delivery and kit delivery applications.
Kaizen Kanban: A Visual Facilitation Approach to Create Prioritized Project Pipelines