Understanding Kanban Demand

You use the Define Kanban Demand program (PF31K10) to override the total kanban demand quantity and perform a bill of material explosion.

You revise kanban demand by process map and parent item. Total demand can be resized for all parent items on a process map using the Flow Capacity Percentage.

Kanban demand is calculated based on the kanban demand at capacity for the products produced on the Demand Flow mixed model production line. Dependent demand is calculated and independent demand can be added to account for independent field replacement unit (FRU) demand and additional demand not represented in the system.

The sum of the dependent and independent demands represents the total kanban demand. You can override total demand by specifying an amount and setting the override flag.

After you have established the total demand for the parent item, you save the information and explode the bills of material. This explodes the demand for the parent items down to the component items for the process maps. If the parent item has shrink defined, the component demand is inflated accordingly.

After demand is established, the quantities are associated with a pull chain and kanban sizing is performed.