What is Kanban Card System?
November 9, 2009
Kanban card system is widely used today as a Lean tools to control inventory. According to Taiichi Ohno, the guru of Toyota Production System (TPS) and also Just-in-Time (JIT) concept, kanban is a means through which JIT is achieved. Kanban actually consists of 2 Japanese words – “kan” means “visual,” and “ban” means “card” or [...]
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