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Proceed as follows:

  1. Starting from the main KANBAN menu, select Evaluations ® Plant overview.

    2. The system branches to the initial screen of the plant overview.

  2. Enter the appropriate plant.

    3. 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 also preset the display of the control cycles using the following criteria:

    – Sort list according to material number

    In this case, the material numbers are sorted either numerically or alphabetically.

    – Sort list according to supply areas

    In this case, the supply areas are sorted either numerically or alphabetically.

    – Sort list according to urgency using the maximum empty limit

    Urgency is calculated by dividing the number of empty kanbans in the control cycle by the total number of kanbans in the control cycle. Thus, you can also take the maximum number of empty kanbans allowed into account.

    Urgency is calculated using the following formula:

    no. of empty kanbans - maximum empty

    no. of kanbans in control cycle

    All kanbans with the following statuses are regarded as EMPTY:

    – WAIT

    – EMPTY

    – IN TRANSIT

    – IN PROCESS

    Incorrect kanbans are not regarded as EMPTY.

    – sort according to priority without using the maximum empty limit

    Urgency without maximum empty limit is calculated using the following formula:

    no.of empty kanbans
    ___________________________
    no. of kanbans in control cycle

  3. Select ENTER .

The system displays the plant overview.

You are provided with an overview of the control cycles with the kanban status, in which the number of kanbans per status is displayed.

The kanbans are displayed in different colors depending on the status. You can refer to the legend to determine what the different colors represent. To access the legend select Kanban board ® Legend.

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You can display the control cycle data by double-clicking on the control cycle line.

You can display the current stock/requirements list by placing the cursor on the control cycle line and selecting Goto ® Stock/reqmts list.

You can display the stock overview by placing the cursor on the control cycle lines and selecting Goto ® Stock overview.

 

 

 

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