Replenishment Using Manual Kanban

Replenishment Using Manual Kanban

If you want to work with the manual KANBAN procedure, you must provide the material with a repetitive manufacturing profile in the material master record which allows settlement via cost collector. In the standard system, the repetitive manufacturing profile 005 is preset. This profile contains the parameters for this replenishment strategy - especially for determining the cost collector. For more information on repetitive manufacturing profile and cost collectors, refer to Cost Object Controlling for KANBAN.

Standard Procedure

No replenishment element is created by the system when the demand source sets the kanban status to EMPTY. The kanban or the information is transferred to the supply source. The supply source receives the information either via the kanban (card) or via the kanban board. The supply source produces the kanban quantity. If the kanban board is in use, the supply source can set the kanban status to IN PROCESS or IN TRANSIT which informs the demand source of production progress.

Backflushing is carried out using the backflush transaction or by setting the kanban status to FULL. The backflush transaction is linked to the goods receipt posting of the manufactured product and the goods issue posting for the components.

If the status is set to FULL or the backflush transaction is posted without component processing, then the system explodes the current BOM. If you want to change components, you should work with the backflush transaction where it is possible to branch into the component processing functions.

The costs incurred in production are posted to the cost collector. For more information on determining the cost collector, refer to Cost Collector for KANBAN.

Independent Supply Source

This is only used to inform as no replenishment element is created.

Separate Goods Receipt

During the backflush, the goods receipt is posted, but the kanban status is not set to FULL. If a goods receipt is posted before the backflush, the system does not automatically set the kanban status to FULL.

In a separate goods receipt, only the backflush increases the kanban quantity and not the status change to FULL. Therefore, if the backflush is carried out, the kanban quantity is refilled, even if at this point in time, the kanban status has not been set to FULL. (This change is displayed in the kanban board by a + in the kanban status.) If the kanban status is set to FULL before the backflush has been carried out, the kanban quantity remains at zero until the backflush has been saved.

It is not possible to reset the kanban status to EMPTY before the backflush has been carried out.