The control cycle defines the relationship between the demand source and the supply source. The control cycle contains the following control data for KANBAN production:

• Kanban circulation, that is, the number of kanbans and the kanban quantity

• The basic data required for automatic kanban calculation, if necessary

• Replenishment strategy

• Printing kanbans, if necessary

• The delivery address, if necessary

• The process control (for example, indicator for separate goods receipt, status sequence key, indicator for the logic for triggering replenishment for ‘one-card’ KANBAN), if necessary.

You can maintain control cycles for classic KANBAN (these control cycles are also used for KANBAN with quantity signals or for ‘one-card’ KANBAN) or for event-driven KANBAN.