The Kanban Formula: How Many Cards a Loop Needs
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In this lesson
You size six kanban loops on a fictional assembly line: the units each loop must cover while a card is away, the card count rounded up to whole cards, the cards on the whole board and the units the loops hold when every container is full.
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- The Kanban Formula: How Many Cards a Loop Needs Locked
- Container Sizes: Cards, Signals and Stock in the Loop Locked
- Two-Bin Systems: Bin Sizes, Packs and Refill Signals Locked
- Supermarkets: Min, Max, Lanes and Floor Space Locked
- Lead-Time Variation: Median, 90th Percentile and Cards at Risk Locked
- Demand Changes: Monthly Card Reviews, Adding and Removing Cards Locked
- Levelled Schedules: Mix Patterns, Pitch and Changeovers Locked
- Loop Review Dashboard: Signals, Stockouts and Usage Locked