Publisher's Synopsis
Topics include:
- The difference between kanban and conventional ordering systems.
- Types of kanbans.
- Six rules for optimizing a kanban system.
- How to use line balancing and load leveling in regards to takt time and kanban.
- When and how to circulate kanban cards.
- How to reduce the number of kanbans.
- Using kanban as a visual system.
The kanban learning package includes the following:
- Leader's Guide
- 5 copies of Kanban for the Shopfloor
- 1 laminated job aid: A Kanban Implementation Summary
- 1 copy of the classic book Kanban: Just-In-Time At Toyota, and additional presentation materials on CD
Purchase Separately:
- Kanban for the Shopfloor book - ISBN 1-56327-269-5 $25.00
- Kanban: Just-in-Time at Toyota by Japan Mgmt. Assoc. (ed), Translated by David J. Lu - ISBN 0-915299-48-8 $45.00
