If you want to implement a Kanban system you will need a tool to design and manage the Kanban loops and to print the Kanban cards.
There are only two possibilities: Make or Buy!
Initial Situation
- Your company has decided to control the material flow via Pull System in the future
- Therefor supermarkets will be created and Kanban Loops will be defined
- At the beginning the process should be handled with the help of a “manual Kanban System”
- Now the question comes up: what is the easiest way to manage Kanban data, to define Loops, to do Kanban Calculation and to print Kanban cards => With a Kanban Manager and a Kanban Calculator
- Therefor a cheap and easy to use solution is on top priority
- At the beginning everybody is thinking about using Excel-Sheets or to develop a self created system based on an MS Access Database
We would like to offer you another cost-efficient variation, which provides a lot of advantages in comparison to a self created solution!
Smart Kanban
What is Smart Kanban?
- An easy to use Software Package, which allows the fast and efficient implementation of a manual Kanban System
- Supports data collection rework in predefined Excel-Sheets (VSM, PFEP = plan for every part)
- Allows fast and uncomplicated loading of data into a database
- Helps to define and calculate your Kanban Loops (Kanban Calculation with the Kanban Calculator)
- Allows easy and fast printing of Kanban cards (standardized formats in different variations)
- Guarantees an easy to use and clean management of the Kanban data in running work process
Further Advantages
- Easy and fast Installation of the Software Package without on-site support needed
- Minimum Software & Hardware requirements needed (Windows 2000, XP, Standard PC)
- Very low period of user Training needed
- You will learn how to handle your Kanbans in a very short time
- Standard reports are available (Master data, Loops, Kanbans)
Optional
- On site training by request
- Application running on SQL-Server or Oracle Database is also possible by demand
With Smart Kanban you are only one step away from an electronic Kanban System, because
- all Kanban Master data is already saved in the database
- all Kanban Loops are defined, calculated and configured
- Kanban cards are printed and are ready for e-Kanban (Kanban ID and barcodes are already printed on the Kanban card)
- additional functions can be enabled in the IKS Basic System very easily
- new e-Kanban Modules can be installed and be used based on the existing Smart Kanban package
- Barcode Readers (optional with display or also PDAs) can be installed very fast and are ready to use at once
Here you will find an overview about the different Kanban Solutions!