Course Description
This course will provide the participants with a thorough understanding of the tools and techniques for the design and implementation of a Consumption Based Replenishment System. Students will gather a comprehensive knowledge of the proper use and implementation techniques of a pull system utilizing Kanban and the warnings of inappropriate/ill-timed implementation.

Who Should Attend
Attendees should include Production Control/Planning, Operations Managers and Supervisors, Floor Staff.

Key Learning Points

• Principle of Heijunka/Production Smoothing
• How Kanban started
• Kanban Objectives
• The Kanban System (definitions and supermarkets)
• Essential of Kanban System
• Function of the Kanban System
• Use of Kanban and Waterspider
• Transportation
• Production Planning and Adapt to Demand Fluctuations
• Effects of the Kanban System

Deliverables

• Issues
• What a Kanban is (including examples)
• Warning of inappropriate implementation
• Rules of Kanban
• Anatomy of Kanban
• Types of Kanban
• Keys to Understanding
• Implementation Guidelines
• Kanban Data and Formulas
• Defects from a Simple Kanban System
• Types of Withdrawal Systems