Kanban

3 Ways To Make Warehouse Slotting Easier with LabelTac

Warehouse slotting – the practice of placing inventory items with the highest turnover near the picking/packing/shipping station – is a tried-and-true method to improve picking efficiency, save time, and reduce labor costs. Up to 50% of warehouse picking is travel time, and effective slotting can save over 90 minutes during a single 8-hour shift. The challenge is that rearranging inventory locations isn’t easy. You must make a…

CSS Editorial Staff | May 29, 2026 | 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean

Kanban System Basics for Manufacturing

Introduction to Kanban for Manufacturing If you are looking for a way to reduce waste in your facility, the Kanban methodology might be the perfect solution. Kanban was developed by the Toyota Corporation and has since been used by thousands of manufacturing companies around the world. The effectiveness of this system is well-established from a variety of approaches. Learning about what this system is and how it…

Tony Ferraro | September 10, 2015 | Kanban | Kanban

Kanban Process – Understanding the Steps for Better Efficiency

Kanban A to Z Kanban is one of the older Lean tools or strategies tracing its origins back to (where else) Toyota. Kanban itself is system that helps companies sort through their potentially hectic operations and come out on the other side with the most efficient way possible to cope with their own supply and demand. Kanban, however, so its purpose of creating simplicity and efficiency, is…

Tony Ferraro | March 6, 2015 | Kanban | Kanban

5 Easy Rules For Kanban Success

Have you ever heard of Kanban? This LEAN principle was developed specifically to help achieve a Just-In-Time, or JIT, production cycle. In a JIT cycle, products and goods are produced in exact accordance with observed demand, rather than predicted demand. This means that instead of projecting how many widgets you need to produce in a year to meet what you predict the demand will be, you don’t…

Tony Ferraro | January 30, 2014 | Kanban | Continuous Improvement, Kanban, Lean

Identify Bottlenecks, Improve Flow, & Eliminate Waste with Kanban

Kanban is a Japanese lean manufacturing term that is associated with the flow of production in a workplace. Kanban is usually achieved by visualizing or attaching moving cards to each stage of the production process so that you can see how many units are in any one stage at a time and whether some stages are getting backed up while also identifying other stages which may be…

Tony Ferraro | November 12, 2013 | Kanban | Facility Efficiency, Kanban

Understanding the Kanban System and Its Applications

Kanban is a system that was developed long ago by a very well known company, Toyota. It is very popular in the world of business and is widely used due to its uniqueness and ease in use. This system has brought modern planning, working conditions, management and other aspects of business. Due to these, Kanban system produced most of the successful business globally. With this system, time…

Mike Wilson | October 16, 2012 | Kanban | Continuous Improvement, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing

An Overview on Kanban Systems

Kanban is an inventory and replenishment system that assists in determining what, when, and how much to produce. It is a scheduling system that maintains inventory levels used in lean manufacturing or Just-In-Time (JIT) production. When material is consumed, a signal is sent to produce and deliver another shipment. It is a ‘pull’ system of production based on planned elimination of waste and continuous improvements of productivity. …

Mike Wilson | September 25, 2012 | Kanban | Continuous Improvement, Kanban

Does the kanban system promote efficiency or errors?

The Kanban system promotes efficiency. It is not an especially complicated system. Sometimes, though, we must go back to the most basic basics. So let’s review the principles of the Kanban system. Nipon Ekanaronqpun describes Kanban this way in his article What Is The Kanban System for Lean Manufacturing?: The word ‘Kanban’ comes from a Japanese word which means ‘card’. The Kanban system, as it is known,…

Mike Wilson | July 14, 2012 | Kanban | Kanban, Lean Manufacturing