Mr McGowan's Learning Blog: Kanban Card

Mr Marcus McGowan MSc PgDip BA (Hons)

is Enterprise Coordinator and Teacher of Business Education at Hamilton Grammar School.

I have provisional registration in Computing and GTC Professional Recognition for Enterprise and ICT.

I have developed materials for Learning and Teaching Scotland and BBC Bitesize for Higher Business Management as well as delivering many INSETs on blogging and podcasting.

I have links with the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship through SIFE, and am a committee member of the SBEA.

If you'd like to contact me about materials, resources, or this blog then please click on the link to: email me

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Kanban Card

An often asked question is... what is Kanban?

A Kanban is a card which helps a firm monitor and gain information on the flow of materials, stock and components through their production line.

Kanban cards contain information on where the component came from (the previous stage) and where it is headed (the next stage. It may include the quantity in the order or components, and it may contain information about the final customer.

Kanban cards now use barcodes enabling customers to phone up about the status of their order and find out exactly where it is.

Kanban cards are also used to signal components are running low or being depleted and need to be re-ordered.

It is used in Just-in-time aka Lean Production.

You can find out more about JIT, Lean Production and Kanban in my slideshow about Toyota: http://www.slideshare.net/Marcus9000/toyota-supermarket-for-cars