Kanban orders

A kanban order is a request for the supply of a warehouse. The setup determines whether the item is supplied from a warehouse, a business partner, or a work center.

Usually the creation of kanban supply orders is bar code driven and executed using a scanner. If LN is integrated with Infor Factory Track, a kanban order is generated when the bar code of the kanban label is scanned.

Creating kanban orders in LN

Users can also create kanban orders in LN.

Kanban orders are created when a user specifies a kanban signal and clicks Generate in the Generate Orders (Kanban) (whinh2200m000) session.

If the Generate Kanban Orders/Advice Automatically check box is selected in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, a kanban order is generated in these cases:

• If you add or activate a kanban signal in the Kanban Signals (whwmd2111m000) session.
• If you increase the number of signals in the Number of Signals field and click Signals in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session. For each of the added kanban signals, an order or an advice is generated.

If you create a kanban order in the Generate Orders (Kanban) (whinh2200m000) session, the default order data is automatically inserted if you specify the Kanban Signal ID. The order is generated when you click Generate. You can change the default order data before you click Generate.

Processing transfer orders

Use the Process Warehousing Transfer Orders check box to specify whether the newly created order must be processed directly. If this check box is selected, LN immediately executes the activities of the outbound and inbound procedures that are set to automatic and are linked to the warehousing-order type.

To enable LN to carry out the procedure automatically, you must define a warehousing-order type for which the outbound procedure only contains the Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000) session. The automatic print steps in the shipment procedure can also be included, because these steps do not hinder direct processing of the order.

Types of Kanban orders

These types of kanban orders can be generated:

• Warehousing orders of type Transfer, if the item is supplied from a warehouse. You can view the generated warehousing orders in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session.
• Purchase orders, if the item is supplied by a business partner. You can view the generated purchase orders in the Purchase Orders - Overview (tdpur4500m500) session.
• Purchase schedule lines, if the item is supplied by a business partner. You can view the generated purchase schedule lines in the Purchase Schedule Lines (tdpur3111m000) session.
• Production orders ( Job Shop Control), if the item is supplied from a work center. You can view these generated production orders in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session.