Kanban Board from Demand Source View 

Use

In the kanban board, the system displays the control cycles, listed according to the supply areas to which they are assigned. All the kanbans that are in circulation are displayed with their current statuses for each control cycle. The demand source can use the kanban board instead of the bar code to change the status of the kanbans, that is, set them to FULL, EMPTY, WAIT, or IN USE. For further information on status see Status Change/Kanban Signal .

Procedure

1. Starting from the main KANBAN menu, select Control ® Kanban board ® Overv.: demand source.

The system branches into the initial screen of the demand source overview.

2. Enter the plant.

3. You can also use one of the following selection criteria:

If you require additional selection criteria, you can use the function Detailed selection. To access the detailed selections, choose Detailed selections and enter your selection criteria in the following dialog box.

You can save the options for accessing the kanban board by selecting Display ® Save settings.
  1. Select Continue.

    2. The system then displays the kanban board with either one or more supply areas depending on your selection criteria on the initial screen. Depending on the size of your monitor, 2-9 kanbans are displayed in one line.

  2. To change the status of a kanban from the demand source view, choose Edit ® Set status to empty or Set status to full or Set status to wait or Status in use.

    3. The kanbans for which this status change is allowed are assigned a checkbox.

  3. Select the kanbans whose status you want to change and save your entries.

Depending on the replenishment strategy, the system carries out the appropriate transactions in the background.