Kanban setup

The kanban supply system setup includes attributes and settings for these parts of the kanban functionality:

• Optionally, defining shop floor warehouses and floor stock items
• Optionally, kanban-order advice settings
• Kanban production-order release defaults
• Outbound advice run number settings
• Item and supply settings
• Signal settings
• Loop settings

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, Purchased, or Product 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 (whwmd4600m000) session.

Kanban-order advice settings

For each item and warehouse combination you can specify that order advice is to be created by selecting the Generate Order Advice check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session. Kanban order advice is automatically confirmed if the Automatically Confirm Order Advice check box is selected in this session.

Kanban production-order release defaults

The Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session determines the default setting for the automatic release of production orders. If you select this check box, production orders created for the applicable item and warehouse combinations are automatically released by default. If cleared, production orders are released in the Release Production Orders (tisfc0204m000) session. The setting of this check box is updated to these fields:

• Release Production Orders check box in the Generate Orders (Kanban) (whinh2200m000) session
• Release Production Orders field in the Transfer Production Order Advice (whina3202m000) session if you select the Default option. If set to Default, LN checks the setting of the Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session for the item and warehouse combinations of the production order advice in the selection range.

The default value in the Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session is taken from the Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) session or the Item - Warehousing by Site (whwmd4104m000) session, if sites are implemented.

The default value of the Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) session is taken from the Automatically Release Production Orders check box in the Item Warehousing Defaults (whwmd4501m000) session.

Outbound advice run number settings

In these fields, you can specify default run numbers for outbound advice that is to be generated for kanban supply orders:

• Run in the Default Order Types by Origin (whinh0120m000) session
• Kanban Run Number in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session

These default run numbers are used to generate outbound advice for kanban supply orders if no run number is specified manually in the Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000) session.

If no run number is specified manually, and a default run number is found in the Default Order Types by Origin (whinh0120m000) session, this number is used. If no number is found in the Default Order Types by Origin (whinh0120m000) session, the run number defined in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session is used.

Generate orders or order advice automatically

Select the Generate Kanban Orders/Advice Automatically check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session to generate kanban supply orders or order advice for newly added or activated signals.

Kanban-order advice grouping

If kanban-order advice is implemented, by default order advice is created for each kanban signal.

If the Combine Order Advice check box is selected in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, supply requests from multiple kanban signals for the same item can be grouped into a single advice.

New supply requests are added to existing kanban order advice if the existing advice is not confirmed. If no matching existing unconfirmed order advice is present, LN creates new order advices.

Supply requests for the same purchased item is grouped into a single purchase-order advice. After the purchased-order advice is confirmed, purchase-order advice for different items but for the same business partner can be converted to a single purchase order.

Supply requests for the same manufactured item can be grouped into a single production-order advice.

Supply requests for the same item and supply-from warehouse can be grouped into a single warehouse-order advice.

If order advice is created from multiple kanban signals, the kanban signals that triggered the creation of the order advice are displayed in a separate session that you can start from the kanban order advice sessions.

Item and supply settings

To enable the supply of items to a warehouse using the kanban supply system, on the Supply tab in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session, complete these steps:

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 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
   • 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.

Signal settings

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 if kanban signals must be created based on a mask. This field is unavailable if predefined kanban signals are implemented.

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 ID Mask field. If predefined signals are used for the current site or the current company, this field is unavailable.

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

   • Supply Quantity
   • Label Layout

Predefined signal settings

Predefined kanban signals are implemented by logistic company or by site. If the use of predefined kanban signals is implemented, you cannot use masks to define the layout of kanban signals.

• In the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session, select the Use Predefined Kanban Signals check box if kanban signals must be entered manually without using a mask in the current logistic company. If this check box is selected, the ID Mask field is unavailable.
• In the Kanban Signal section of the Warehousing Settings by Site (whwmd2101m000) session, select the Use Predefined Kanban Signals check box if kanban signals must be entered manually without using a mask for the relevant sites. If this check box is selected, you cannot define kanban signal masks for the warehouses of the current site.

Loop settings

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