Extra Kanban

What is an extra kanban?

The extra kanban card represents a one-time order and is usually used to prevent predictable peaks in consumption from affecting the kanban loop dimensioning.

The extra kanban card:

• does not trigger any replenishment cycle, when the card is consumed;
• does not get registered in the consumption statistics;
• has the top-right corner full to make it differ from the normal kanban card.

Create a new extra kanban

Procedure:

1. Go to Board;
2. Click on the loop header: a box with the loop details will appear;
3. Click on Add extra kanban;
4. Fill out the following fields:
   • Quantity: the quantity for each extra kanban;
   • Number of extra kanban cards to create: the total quantity is going to be the product between the number of extra kanban cards and the quantity;
   • Required date: the date within which the replenishment must be completed;
   • Bin: the container to be used for the replenishment;
   • Card status in which to create the extra kanban cards, chosen among
     • Released: to directly submit the order to the supplier;
     • Empty: to be used when the order cannot be submitted to the supplier yet or it is necessary to wait for the input from another department.
     • Full: the order has been already submitted and the parts need to be identified with extra kanban cards.
   • Card reference;
   • Card note;
   • Extra text;
   • Price and Currency;
   • Order status, visible only if the Pending status is enabled for the license and when creating extra kanban cards as Released:
     • The order has to be created: the extra kanban cards will be created as Pending, waiting for the order to be created;
     • The order is already present: the excess cards will be created as Released.
   • Order number for customer (not visible if the cards are created as Empty or Pending).
5. Click on Save to add the extra kanban cards to the board.

Create a new extra kanban from the homepage

To create one or more extra kanban cards from the homepage, use the widget Add an extra kanban.

Procedure:

1. Add the widget Add an extra kanban to your homepage;
2. Scan in the white box the barcode of a card that belongs to the loop of interest;
3. Fill out the fields regarding the dimensioning of the extra kanban cards (to know more, see the previous paragraph);
4. Click on Save.