Number of Kanban - Theory

Number of Kanban Calculator ed.A

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Base Theory of Calculation

The number of Kanban you need to have in the circuit between downstream and upstream is a simple calculation. It works

Number of Kanban = [ Daily Demand * Lead Time (in days) * (1 + % Safety Stock) ] / [ Quantity in a Container ]

Example:

Let us imagine a downstream process that use 100 tapes/day (on average)
The lead time to obtain new tapes once the signal start from the Point of Use (POU), arrive to the upstream (or supplier) a
The Safety Stock in percentage is 20% (to compensate demand variation or delays)
Every container is of 50 tapes.

N° of Kanban = 100 * 5 * 1,20 / 50 = 12 Kanban

What does it means?

It means that in the "circuit" between upstream and downstream 12 Kanban (Tags, Container or other form of Kanban) ha

Points of attention.
The demand and lead time has to be with the same time base (Days, Hours, Minutes).
The Number of Kanban has to be rounded up to the integer

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 Number of Kanban - Instructions

Number of Kanban Calculator Instruction of use

The simplest instruction ever:

Put the data in the orange box

Read the results in the green box

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Number of Kanban – Calculator

Input [weekly based] Output

Weekly Demand [pcs] 5760 N° of Kanban 7

Lead Time [weeks] 1.714285714
Safety Stock [%] 20
Kanban/Container Quantity [pcs] 1920

Input [daily based] Output

Daily Demand [pcs] 5 N° of Kanban 1

Lead Time [days] 2
Safety Stock [%] 20
Kanban/Container Quantity [pcs] 20

Input [hourly based] Output

Hourly Demand [pcs] 5 N° of Kanban 1

Lead Time [hours] 2
Safety Stock [%] 20
Kanban/Container Quantity [pcs] 20

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