Kanban setup

The kanban supply system setup includes:

• Optionally, defining shop floor warehouses and floor stock items
• Item and supply settings
• Signal settings
• Loop settings

On the Supply tab

1. In the Supply System field, select KANBAN.
2. If the item is supplied from a warehouse, the Supply from Warehouse check box must be selected and the Supply Warehouse can be specified.

3. If the item is supplied by a supplier or a work center, the Supply from Warehouse check box must be cleared. The item type determines whether the item is supplied by a work center or a supplier:

   • If the item type is Purchased, the item is supplied by a supplier. A buy-from business partner and a ship-from business partner can be specified to supply the item. If no buy-from business partner and ship-from business partner are specified, LN retrieves the item's default supplier from the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.
   • If the item type is Manufactured, the item is supplied from a work center. LN retrieves the work center from the Job Shop Control module in Manufacturing.

   • If the item type is Product, the supply source of the item displayed in the Actual Supply Source field of the Items (tcibd0501m000) session determines from where supply takes place:

     • A business partner if the supply source is Purchase.

     • A work center if the supply source is:

       • Job Shop
       • Repetitive
       • Assembly
       • Distribution

1. On the Kanban tab of the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session:

   • Select the Reuse Kanban Signals check box to determine whether kanban signals are reusable by default.
   • Specify the default mask for kanban labels in the ID Mask field.

2. On the Kanban tab of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session:

   • Select the Reuse Kanban Signals check box to determine whether kanban signals are reusable for the items stored in the warehouse.
   • Specify the kanban label mask for the warehouse in the Kanban Signal ID Mask field.

3. On the Kanban tab of the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, specify these fields:

   • Signal Supply Quantity
   • Label Layout
   • Select the Generate Kanban Order Automatically check box to generate kanban supply orders for newly created or activated signals. This is useful if bar code scanning is not used to generate kanban supply orders.

On the Kanban tab of the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, specify a value for these fields:

• Number of Signals
• Total Supply Quantity

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:

• Horizon for Historical Demand
• Horizon for Future Demand
• Offset Date
• Offset Date
• Average Daily Demand
• Buffer
• Stock Coverage