KANBAN SYSTEM

Many advantages concerned with Lean Production and Just in Time models are laid to a pull material management philosophy implemented by a wise kanban cards system.

PRAGMATA's experienced in design, fulfilment and start up a kanban system in many Lean Production Processes.

KEY POINTS TO FACE

To start a successful kanban system a deep experience in both production and organization subjects is needed.

Critical decisions concerne:

product codes classification to single out those that meet conditions for an efficient kanban running
planning and scheduling system development and updating (push and pull logics integration)
start up design to anticipate benefits connected to the technique
work-force involvement, training and tutorship
possible suppliers involvement

ADVANTAGES

PRAGMATA has been experiencing many success interventions about kanban system design and start up. We obtained:

work in process and lead time reduction (between 30 and 50%)
increase in service level to customers (between 8 and 15%)
increase in production quality
easier programming and scheduling
work-force empowerment
continuous improvemet cycle start up and strenghten

PRAGMATA'S ADDED VALUE

PRAGMATA can help its customers in the whole kanban system project, from the design phase till the start up and tuning.

Our consultants expertise can lead to quick, low-cost and smart projects. A key-point in our projects is the knowledge transfer to work-force and eventually involved suppliers.