Kanban setupThe kanban supply system setup includes:
Shop floor warehouse and items The shop floor warehouses that are supplied using the KANBAN supply system can be defined as normal or shop floor warehouses. To define a warehouse as a shop floor warehouse, select Shop Floor in the Warehouse Type field of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session. Typically, the items are defined as Manufactured or Purchased items, but the kanban system also allows the use of floor stock items. To define an item as a floor stock item, select the Floor Stock check box in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session. Item and supply settings To enable the supply of items to a warehouse using the kanban supply system, in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session: On the Supply tab
Note If you change the supply system from KANBAN into another supply system when active kanban signals are present, the question: "Active signals exist. Continue?" is displayed. If you click Yes, the active signals are set to inactive, and all signal related fields retain their values and become read-only. This is to ensure that you can easily switch back to supply system KANBAN. Signal settings
Loop settings On the Kanban tab of the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, specify a value for these fields: The number of kanban signals can be specified manually or calculated by LN. To calculate the number of signals, you must also specify a value for these fields: Note To easily respond to demand fluctuations, in the Global Update of KANBAN Parameters (whinh2200m100) session, you can adjust kanban supply settings for selected ranges of warehouses and items.
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