Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique for Pull Production
By Robert Taylor

Chapter III: The Numbers

OVERVIEW

Note

Your company culture will affect the assumptions you will make while calculating the number of kanban needed (and subsequently, your inventory levels). Decisions lie ahead for answers to questions such as:

  • "Do we (remember, this is a team effort) round up or round down or don't round at all?" and "How much safety inventory (safety time) do we really need?"

The most important question to consider is:

  • "How aggressively do we want to drive waste from our operations?"

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