Kanban, Heijunka, Milk-Run Training

Heijunka and Kanban Systems

Heijunka means levelled production or balanced production. In short, it is a production management method purified from demand fluctuations.

Kanban refers to cards used to control the flow of production in a factory. The Kanban system is a scheduling and inventory control method designed to ensure a smooth production process.

Module Content:

• The Concept and Historical Development of Heijunka
• Mixed Loading Requirements in Factories
• Methods for Mixed Loading
• Implementation of Heijunka
• The Concept of Kanban
• Kanban Pull System and Its Purpose
• Steps of Implementing a Kanban System
• Analysis and Process Selection in the Kanban System
• Kanban Card Design
• Rules of Kanban
• Types of Kanban
• Kanban Workflow
• Planning and Sizing in the Kanban System
• Comparison of Push and Pull Systems

Learning Outcomes for Participants:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role and importance of Heijunka in businesses
• Incorporate mixed loading capability into a production system
• Ensure balanced utilization of labor and machinery
• Develop strategies to increase customer satisfaction while reducing inventory and storage costs
• Properly design and implement a Kanban system
• Create approaches to prevent delays and leftover orders
• Develop techniques to adapt more easily to changes in production plans
• Effectively use material requirements planning, capacity planning, and scheduling processes to optimize resource usage and meet customer orders on time

Who Should Attend?

Operations/manufacturing managers, engineering managers, quality managers, senior supervisors, engineers, and technicians — essentially, decision-makers involved in operational processes.