Kanban Management Terms and Concepts
This section discusses terms that apply to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Kanban Management:
- Kanban
Method of just-in-time production that uses standard containers or lot sizes. It is a pull system in which work center or locations signal that they need to withdraw parts from feeding work centers, inventory locations, or suppliers. This signal alerts manufacturing to build, suppliers to furnish, or other branch/plants to provide the required part in the standard lot size that is defined in the Kanban Master table (F3016).
- Kanban card
Can be represented by a card, bin, or shelf location. Kanban cards can be system-generated.
- Kanban ID
Unique identifier for a kanban master record, which can represent one or more physical containers. The Kanban ID is generated from next numbering.
- Pull system
Manufacturing environment in which material is pulled through the system by actual system requirements, usually by the use of kanbans.
- Push system
Manufacturing environment in which parts are pushed through the system, generally by the use of work orders that the materials planning systems generate.
- Ad hoc kanban card
A kanban card that is inserted into a single cycle to cover an abnormal spike in demand.
- Calculation method
A business function and defined set of parameters that determines kanban size, the number of kanban cards, and the quantity per card.
- Supplying location
The location (defined at the item-branch level) that supplies the kanban item to the consuming location. Kanban processing sends completions of work orders and receipts of purchase orders to this location.
- Consuming location
The location (defined at the item branch level) that uses the kanban item. Kanban processing moves replenishment materials from the supplying location to the consuming location.
- Source
The type of process that supplies the kanban item, such as a work order or a purchase order.
- Phase
A condition that enables you to state that the completion and transfer to the consuming location will be completed at the same time or that another step is involved prior to the transfer.
- Check out
A condition that indicates that, when the kanban quantity is depleted at the consuming location, a replenishment action might be required. The actual replenishment transaction, such as the creation of a work order, does not take place until the last card has been checked out.
- Check in
A condition that indicates that, when the replenishment action has been completed, the kanban item is available for use by the consuming location.
- Kanban flag
An option, called Kanban Item, that indicates that an item is a kanban-controlled item. This option appears on the Additional System Information form of the Item Master (P4101) or the Item Branch program (P41026) program. The system updates these tables for kanban-controlled items:
Item Master SRM Tag File (F4101SRM)
Item Branch SRM Tag File (F4102SRM)
The Kanban Item option is used by the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requirements Planning system to indicate that generated action messages cannot be processed.