Kanban Loops
The control cycle: what circulates between where and where, in containers of what size, and how many of them exist. The card count is the cap on the stock in the system.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Plan
- Section: Kanban
- Screen: Kanban Loops
Address in the console: /mfg/kanban-loops
List · 11 columns · 20 fields on its form · 5 of them required · 2 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Loop | Code | loop_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Item | Code | item_no |
| Supply | Status | supply_strategy |
| Container | Number | container_qty |
| Cards | Number | card_count |
| Max stock | Number | loop_ceiling |
| Full | Number | cards_full |
| Signaling | Number | cards_waiting |
| Oldest signal (h) | Number | oldest_signal_hours |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Item required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| How an empty container is refilled required | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Supply bin | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Demand bin (at the line) | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Supplying work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Consuming work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Quantity per container required | Number | ||
| Number of cards required | Number | ||
| Container type | Text | Tote, pallet, rack, bin… | |
| Average daily demand | Number | ||
| Replenishment lead (days) | Number | ||
| Safety factor | Number | ||
| Signal | Choice | manual, barcode, rfid, plc, iot, api | A two-bin system with no electronics is still a kanban system. |
| An emptied card raises supply on its own | Yes or no | ||
| Target cycle (hours) | Number | ||
| Alert after (hours) | Number | ||
| Status | Choice | active, draft, on_hold, retired | |
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Issue cards primary
Issue the loop’s cards
Asks for: How many (defaults to the card count) Start full
Size it
Measure and re-size
Asks for: Window (days)
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.