1 | Kanban Type: Enter the type of Kanban. There are three options to choose from:
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2 | Time Unit:
Specify the units for measurement.
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3 | Method:
Specify the methodology to calculate the Kanban sizes. There are two approaches you can use.
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4 | Container Size: Specify the container size. This is the number of units that are placed in the container. Each container carries one Kanban card. So, if the container size is ten units. One Kanban card results in the production of 10 units. If each unit is a container, specify the container size as 1. | ||||||||||
5 | Order Period: Specify the order period. This is the frequency at which the parts are produced or ordered. For example, if you specify an order period of 2 days, your order is produced only every other day. So, the total production is the product of order period and demand per period. If you specify an order period of 0, there is no waiting, and a Kanban card received at a station is immediately produced. However, in the real world, a particular station may make multiple products, and not all products are produced daily. So, depending on the production cycle, a particular product may only be made once in 3 days (for example). This becomes the order period. | ||||||||||
6 | Safety Stock: Specify the safety stock or the required service level. If you select the Average methodology, you must specify the safety stock calculated based on the overall cycle stock. If you specify the service level, the safety stock is calculated based on variations in the demand rate, lead time, and the required service level. The service level is translated to the safety stock based on the normal distribution Z value. | ||||||||||
7 | Average Demand: Specify the average demand, either based on historical data or more importantly, expected demand in the upcoming period. | ||||||||||
8 | Average Lead Time: Specify the average lead time, either based on historical data or more importantly expected lead time in the upcoming period. | ||||||||||
9 | Min Demand: If you specify the service level method, then you will also need to enter the best case demand and worst case demand in the minimum and maximum demand cells. This information is used to estimate the standard deviation of demand. If there is no variation in the demand, enter the average demand for the minimum and maximum demand. | ||||||||||
10 | Min Lead Time: If you specify the service level method, then you will also need to enter the best case demand and worst-case lead time in the minimum and maximum lead time cells. This information is used to estimate the standard deviation of the lead time. If there is no variation in the lead time, enter the average lead time value for the minimum and maximum lead times. Note that if you are predicting production lead time, you need to consider all the various factors for estimating the lead time, such as setup time, production time lot size, machine downtime, quality levels, etc. If you are estimating the lead time for material Kanban, then you need to consider the pickup time, holding time, replenishment time, and any other delays that are part of the regular process. | ||||||||||
11 | Max Demand: If you specify the service level method, then you will also need to enter the best case demand and worst-case demand in the minimum and maximum demand cells. This information is used to estimate the standard deviation of demand. If there is no variation in the demand, enter the average demand for the minimum and maximum demand. | ||||||||||
12 | Max Lead Time: If you specify the service level method, then you will also need to enter the best case demand and worst case lead time in the minimum and maximum lead time cells. This information is used to estimate the standard deviation of the lead time. If there is no variation in the lead time, enter the average lead time value for the minimum and maximum lead times. | ||||||||||
13 | View Example: Click on this button to open the example file. You can view the example to get an idea of how to fill out this tool, or you can use the example as a starting point and modify it to meet your project needs. | ||||||||||
14 | Help Button: Click on this button to open the help file on this topic. | ||||||||||
15 | Cancel Button: Click on this button to exit without saving any changes. | ||||||||||
16 | OK Button: Click on this button to save changes and update your analysis results. |
1 | Title: The system will automatically pick a title for your chart. However, if you want to override that with your title, you can specify a title for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. |
2 | Sub Title: The system will automatically pick a subtitle for your chart. However, if you want to override that with your subtitle, specify a subtitle for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. |
3 | X Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your label for the x-axis, you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. |
4 | Y Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your label for the y-axis, you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. |
5 | X Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the x-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to specify the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20, the minimum x-axis scale is set at 10, and the maximum x-axis scale is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the x-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is optional. |
6 | Y Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the y-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to specify the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20, the minimum y-axis scale is set at 10, and the maximum y-axis is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the y-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is optional. |
7 | Horizontal Lines: You can specify the values here if you want to add a few extra horizontal reference lines on top of your chart. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 12;15, two horizontal lines are plotted at Y = 12 and Y = 15, respectively. Note that this input is optional. |
8 | Vertical Lines: You can specify the values here if you want to add a few extra vertical reference lines on top of your chart. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 2;5, two vertical lines are plotted at X = 2 and X = 5, respectively. Note that this input is optional. |
1 | Item: The left-hand side shows the major tabs and the items checked within each section |
2 | Status: The right-hand side shows the status of the checks. |
3 | Overall Status: Shows the overall status of all the checks performed. If all the checked items are okay, the status image in the header will show a green checkmark. If any checks fail, then the status image in the header will show a red cross mark. |
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