Number of Status Messages in KANBAN

The illustration to Sequence of the Status Changes in KANBAN provides you with an overview of the status changes and will help you in understanding the key figures for the status messages.

Note Note

Further information about the meaning of the status in KANBAN is in the document PP - KANBAN in the section "Status changes".

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The following key figures can be evaluated for the number of status messages in the run:

  • Number of refilling operations

    Number of status changes whereby the status of a Kanban container was changed from EMPTY to IN TRANSIT.

  • Number of triggering operations

    Number of replenishment operations that were triggered after the status for a container was changed from WAIT to EMPTY.

Note Note

This key figure is only needed if the container status is EMPTY and the trigger to replenish by using the indicator Independent source, are not linked to one another in the control cycle.

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  • Number of transports

    Number of status changes whereby the status of a Kanban container was changed from IN TRANSIT to FULL.

  • Number of replenishment operations

    Number of completed replenishment operations for Kanban containers, that is, the number of status changes whereby the status of a Kanban container changes from EMPTY to FULL, regardless of whether or not a different status was set in the meantime.

  • Number of errors

    Number of errors that occur while processing the Kanban container.

    Example for an error: a particular material was saved for a vendor, who was blocked in the meantime. Because of this, an order cannot be created and the container is given the ERROR status.

  • Number of wait operations

    Number of status changes, whereby the status of a Kanban container was changed from FULL or IN USE to a different status.

The following key figures are only useful when aggregating over more than one control cycle:

  • Number of external procurement operations

    Number of external procurement operations that have been triggered.

  • Number of in-house production operations

    Number of in-house production operations that have been triggered.

  • Number of stock transfer operations

    Number of stock transfer operations that have been triggered.