Extra Kanban

What’s an extra kanban?

The extra kanban is a kanban card order only for once. Extra kanban is like an one-time order, and it’s used to prevent predictable peaks in consumption from affecting Kanban loop sizing. Extra kanban:

• After the release, the kanban card is not replenished.
• Consumption statistics don’t register extra kanban.

Create a new extra kanban

Procedure:

1. Get in Kanban Board, select or filter the kanban loop and then click in the heading.
2. In the new window, click Add extra kanban.

3. In the new screen Add an extra kanban choose:

   • Kanban quantity for each extra kanban
   • Number of extra kanban cards to create. Therefore total order is number of extra kanban card per extra kanban card quantity.
   • Last required date of replenishment for kanban cards for the supplier.
   • Bins of replenishment for the supplier.
   • Kanban card status after the creation:
     • Release: to directly order extra kanban to the supplier
     • Empty: not yet an order to the supplier, or it’s necessary to wait the order from another department.
     • Full: the order has been already done, and you only want do identify parts with the appropriate extra kanban card.
   • Card reference: for example, serial number or order number.

4. Once filled all the data, click Save. Kanban boards shows extra kanban cards, that differs from normal kanban cards for full colored angle on the top right of the card.

Create a new extra kanban in Home page

In order to create a new extra kanban by homepage, add the widget Add an extra kanban in your home.

Procedure:

1. Scan in the white box the barcode of a card that belongs to the loop, to which add the new kanban.

2. In the new screen Add an extra kanban choose:

   • Kanban quantity for each extra kanban
   • Number of extra kanban cards to create. Therefore total order is number of extra kanban card per extra kanban card quantity.
   • Last required date of replenishment for kanban cards for the supplier.
   • Bins of replenishment for the supplier.
   • Kanban card status after the creation:
     • Release: to directly order extra kanban to the supplier
     • Empty: not yet an order to the supplier, or it’s necessary to wait the order from another department.
     • Full: the order has been already done, and you only want do identify parts with the appropriate extra kanban card.
   • Card reference: for example, serial number or order number.

3. Once filled all the data, click Save. Kanban boards shows extra kanban cards, that differs from normal kanban cards for full colored angle on the top right of the card.