Viewing and Updating Kanban Calculations
You can view the recommended kanban size for each item at each location. You can compare plans and update parts of your production plan with your kanban simulation plan. You can also re-launch the kanban calculation program to see the effects of changing one or more variables, including kanban size, number of kanban cards, and source types.
Prerequisites
Before you can view or update kanban calculations, you must:
To view a kanban calculation and optionally update parts of your production plan:
2. Query the simulation plan you're interested in.
3. Click the Compare button.
4. Click the Find button to find all items in the plan or narrow down your search by entering search criteria. To narrow your search, enter one of the following in the Field field.
Item: if you want to limit your search to only certain kanban items.
Kanban Number: if you want to limit your search to only items within a particular range of kanban cards (for example, items requiring more than 10 kanban cards).
Kanban Size: if you want to limit your search by kanban size (for example, items with kanbans that contain between 20 and 100 units).
Locator: if you want to limit your search to only items with a particular locator.
Subinventory: if you want to limit your search to only items with a particular subinventory location.
Category: if you want to limit your search to only items in a particular category.
Planner: if you want to limit your search to those items planned by a employee associated to the items.
Variance: if you want to limit your search to only items with a certain variance percentage from the manually entered plan.
5. Enter the condition and values for From and To.
6. Click Find to find the items that match the criteria you've entered.
The Compare Kanban Plans window appears.
7. Notice the variances between your simulation plan and your production plan.
Some items may have higher variances than others. You can decide by item which parts of the simulation plan to merge with the production plan, updating the production plan with those parts of the kanban calculation that make sense to you.
8. Click the checkbox next to each item for which you want to update the production plan with the simulation plan. Then click the Update Production button.
To change one or more variables and re-launch the plan:
2. Query the simulation plan you're interested in.
3. Click the Details button.
4. Click the Find button to find all items in the plan or narrow down your search by entering search criteria and then clicking Find.
5. In the window that appears, click the checkbox next to each item for which you want to make an adjustment.
6. In the Calculate column for each item that you checked, choose what you want to calculate.
7. For each item that you checked, scroll to the field whose value you want to change and enter a new value for the field.
The fields you can change are:
8. When you've made all the adjustments you want, click the Simulation Replan button.
This button sends a request to the kanban calculation program to generate a new simulation plan based on the new values you've entered. After the request has been processed, you'll be able to see the results of the kanban calculation from the Kanban Workbench, just as you would for any simulation plan.
To view demand for a particular kanban item at a particular subinventory and locator (based on the forecast or schedule):
- Navigate to the Demand window.
The View Kanban Demand window appears.
To check the status of existing kanban cards or to define new kanban cards:
- From the Special Menu Options, select Kanban Cards.
You can print kanban cards by hitting the Print Kanban Cards button.
See Also
Overview of Kanban Planning
Using the Kanban Calculation Program
Run the kanban calculation program to generate a kanban plan. See: Using the Kanban Calculation Program.