The Kanban system is a key part of production quantities in every process.

Under the Kanban system, production requirements and priorities are communicated using simple, visual signals to indicate the customer ‘pull’.  Kanban can be in the form of cards, balls, carts, containers, etc. and can be applied to both material flow in the factory, information or project flow in the office, and material flow between suppliers and customers.

With the adoption of Kanban system, a company can achieve the following:

• Reduce inventories (restrain overproduction)
• Predictable flow of materials
• Simplified scheduling
• Visual pull system at the point of production
• Significantly reduce warehouse space & inventory carrying costs