As you advance on your lean journey, implementing a pull system when you cannot have continuous flow becomes a necessity. Otherwise you’d just create more waste of inventory, overproduction, waiting and so on.

This 60-slide presentation is a very useful tool that explains how to implement a Kanban system in your company. It is accompanied by footnotes for the instructor and an Excel file to assist in the calculation of the Kanban card requirements.

• Understand the concepts and benefits of Kanban system.
• Describe the difference between traditional Push systems and non-traditional Pull systems.
• Describe Kanban, different types of Kanbans and how to calculate the number of Kanban cards needed in a system.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Kanban Basics
   • Key Inventory Measure
   • Push vs. Pull
   • Definition, Key Terms, Benefits
   • How it works
2. Pull System Rules
   • Types of Kanban Cards
   • Creating Links between Steps
   • Calculating Number of Cards
   • Kanban and Level Scheduling
3. Kanban Applications, Implementation steps
4. Appendix
   • Examples of Kanban cards, Rules, More applications

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