Kanban Overview

You can use Infor Shop Floor to manage your Kanban system. Each Kanban is associated with an item, location, and replenishment cycle. When a Kanban is empty, you can create a replenishment request. Kanban replenishment requests always have a status to indicate the current place in the replenishment cycle. The status can be one of the following:

Requested: the request has been created and is awaiting fulfillment
Ordered: a purchase order or transfer order has been created to fill the request
Staged: items are ready to be moved from the staging area to the Kanban replenishment location
Closed: the request has been filled

Note: Replenishment requests may also have a status of Error if there is a system error associated with the request.

After you set up your Kanban system, you can use touch-optimized transaction forms to create and fill Kanban replenishment requests on the shop floor. You can use the Kanban Label Printing form to print barcode labels for Kanbans. If you have the Warehouse Mobility module implemented, you can also use mobile scanner devices to perform Kanban replenishment transactions.

Replenishing Kanbans

There are four sources that can be used for Kanban replenishment:

inventory

See Replenishing Kanbans from Inventory.

just-in-time production

See Replenishing Kanbans with Just-In-Time Production.

purchase orders

See Replenishing Kanbans with Purchase and Transfer Orders.

transfer orders

See Replenishing Kanbans with Purchase and Transfer Orders.

You can use the Kanban Replenishment Status form or the Kanban Status mobile scanner transaction to view the status of replenishment requests. See Viewing the Status of Kanban Replenishment Requests or Viewing the Status of Kanban Replenishment Requests Using a Mobile Scanner Device for more information.