Kanban was created as part of the Toyota Production System to help Toyota become Lean in the 1940s. It has been used over the years to revolutionize manufacturing and distribution in many industries.

Abstract. A Kanban 1 is a physical card used in Toyota Production System (TPS) to support non-centralized "pull" production control. It has spread to the manufacturing industry all over the world ...

The Kanban Method for knowledge work such as software development and IT operations is inspired by Lean manufacturing and Toyota's management method. Knowledge work environments are particularly ...

The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

Add items or cards to the “To Do” column on your Kanban board using a marker or Post-It notes. Use an action verb and write down the task in question. If you're moving a house, this could be ...

Relying heavily on Kanban manufacturing to signal upstream workcenters to start producing parts. It is equivalent of a work order. The upstream station does not start producing parts until it receives ...

To address these issues, Hussmann's commitment to lean manufacturing led it to explore the application of kanban principles well beyond its own facilities. By implementing electronic kanban, which ...

While many Agile teams are optimizing only a portion of the value stream, Hiranabe proposes a simple way to adapt lessons from Lean Manufacturing's "Kanban" visual tracking system to make process ...