New Kanban Part page
Use the New Kanban Part page to view the part details.
- Facility
- Name of the destination issuing demand to which parts are to be sent.
- Ship To
- Name of the shipping destination to which parts are to be sent.
- Supplier
- The company responsible for supplying and shipping the part.
- Planner
- The customer user responsible for maintaining the specific part's inventory. When attaching a planner to a part, previously entered planners can be selected from the list. To add a planner, select and specify the planner's name in the field that displays.
- Part Number
- Part number as established by the customer.
- Pull Loop Size
- The number of Kanban signals that can be active for a single
part, excluding emergency signals. When defining a Kanban part for the first
time, this is the number of signals generated. The recommended calculation for
pull loop size is:
Pull Loop = (ADVV * (DF + MT + TT + OP) + SS ) / STD.PACK ADV = Average Daily Volume (based on MRP data) ADVV = ADV * Vendor's split DF = Delivery Frequency Time (in days) MT = Manufacturing Process Time TT = Intransit Time OP = Order Process Time SS = Safety Stock In Days STD.PACK = Standard Pack
- Minimum Number of Pull Signals
- The minimum required number of Kanban signals in the In-Transit and In-House status.
- Standard Pack
- The required number of parts per Kanban signal.
- PO Number
- The purchase order number associated to the requirements.
- Model Year
- Code associated with the part that indicates to which run it belongs.
- Engineering Level
- Customer defined code indicating the required version of the part that is associated to the requirements.
- Lead Time
- The amount of time added to the current system time (in days, hours, and minutes) to determine the due date of the pull signal parts.
- Delivery Days
- The days on which shipments are delivered. If selected, day or days will be included in the Lead Time when calculating the Due Date. If the day is not selected, it is skipped and is not included in the Lead Time.
- Created Signals
- The number of signals that have been created, but not yet sent to the supplier as demand.
- At Supplier Signals
- The number of signals that have been sent to the supplier as demand.
- In-Transit Signals
- The number of signals against which the supplier has shipped, but which have not yet been received at the customer Ship To.
- In-House Signals
- The number of signals for which the customer has received a shipment, but for which parts have not been consumed.
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