The Art of Kanban - Creative Safety Supply April 2014 | Page 16

The Art of Kanban

Integrating Kanban

Step One - Learn all that you can about Kanban. Study how it has been
used in your industry and in other industries, knowledge is always key. You
might be able to see a video, attend a seminar, or hire a Kanban consultant to
help you understand the process.

Step Two - Choose the parts of the Kanban system that are going to work
best for your business. At its heart Kanban is as simple as a card in a bin, but
there are different ways to approach this idea. You might only need two bins
instead of three or maybe you need more to make your facility run efficiently.
Kanban uses visual cues to remind people to pull more supplies, but you may
want to back this up with a computer or bar code system. You might even find
that you simply need a Kanban manual for employees to follow as it’s guiding
principle.

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