What is IKS?
- IKS is a software solution to support manual Kanban Systems and to start with electronic Kanban
- IKS enables to implement a complete PULL System in your supply chain with the help of the Kanban principles in the whole Supply-Chain – starting with your Suppliers, making production and deliver to your customers
- IKS is not only a Software to calculate Kanbans and to print the cards, it helps a lot to make your Kanban processes easier, faster and in the end better !!
Here you will find a comparison between a manual and an electronic Kanban System!
Which Types of Kanban are supported by IKS?
Learn more about Kanban Types and the corresponding IKS support!
What IKS can do for you?
- Management of all Kanban Data and Kanban Loops
- Help to calculate the amount of Kanbans needed
- Fast Kanban card printing (individual Kanban card Layouts and shelf labels)
- Tracking of Kanban Movements with standard Barcode Readers
- Monitoring of the actual and historical Kanban situation (Inventory, empty Kanbans, Kanbans in transport etc.)
- Dynamic electronic Kanban Board for visualising and prioritising the Kanban Orders in real-time (answers the question what needs to be produced next?)
- Connects your Suppliers with Fax or E-Mail
- Web-Portal to connect suppliers, different sites, external warehouses or customers through the Internet
- Universal interface to existing ERP-Systems
- Management of demand peaks and fast adaption of the amount of Kanbans
- Further on manifoldly functions to support the Kanban processes (missing cards,…)
- Early Warning System to detect material shortages and and late deliveries
- Analysis of Inventory and consumption based on historical transactions
- Analysis of lead times based on historical transactions
- Kanban calculation based on demand plans and bill of material (BOM)
What are the strengths of IKS?
- Easy to manage all Kanban Data and very user friendly
- Fast implementation and low training effort needed
- Support of all types of Kanban
- Extensive functions realized based on the experience of Lean Experts
- High flexibility in configuring your individual processes
- Fast implementation of individual customer requirements
By implementing a Kanban system with IKS support, the following results have been achived by our customers:
- Reduction of inventory about 20 – 80%
- Reduction of lead times about 10 – 90%
- Increasing of Inventory Turns about 30 – 100%
- Increasing of delivery reliability up to > 98%
- Reduction of needed floor space about 10 – 80%
- Increasing of material availability up to 100%
- Reduction of line-stoppages down to 0%
- Increasing of productivity about 10 – 50%