The most people are using the term “Supplier Kanban” when they are talking about linking external vendors into their Kanban system. But also other company locations can be linked into the Supply-Chain via Kanban in the same way (sometimes also called ”Inter-Company Kanban”).
Especially when talking about Supplier Kanban, the question comes up how to send the Kanban signals outside to the vendor in the best and easiest way. When a Pull system is running internally, it is normaly no problem to provide manuel paper cards in a clearly arranged area. But external…?
In this case an electronic Kanban system provides a lot of benefits and some external vendor processes would not be possible without any kind of software support!
Our elektronisches Kanban System IKS offers all possibilities to send Kanban signals to external suppliers:
- Fax
- Internet
IKS offers flexible opportunities to define how to send single Kanban cards or to provide an summary of the used Kanbans via fax or email.
Additionally our customers can use the IKS WEB PORTAL to provide all important Kanban information via Internet. In this way, inter-active Kanban processes can be designed to get the maximum of benefits and savings!
One IKS highlight is the Kanban Board which is also part of the IKS Web-Portal. So it is possible to get an automatic visualization of all Kanban orders which must be fulfilled by the vendor!
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