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What Is Kanban? (Kanban Definition – Kanban Meaning)

Kanban takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory. It’s a scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing.

Kanban Definition

In Japanese, Kanban (看板) means signboard or billboard. Taiichi Ohno (February 29, 1912 – May 28, 1990), an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed Kanban to improve production effectiveness and decrease wastes.

Kanban ended up being an efficient framework to support running a production system as a whole and an excellent way to promote improvement. Identification of the lead time and the cycle time of a given process and its associated sub-processes, and incompatibilities among them highlight problem areas.

One of the main differences of Kanban compared to other processes is that it explicitly establishes an upper limit to work in progress inventory to prevent overcapacity. Less is more to get results (Remember how the Google landing page looks like). However, as human beings, we are tempted to get trapped with Complexity Bias.

Kanban establishes maximum limits on the number of products waiting at supply points. Afterward, the Kanban team identifi es and addresses any inefficiencies in their workflow. Whenever a limit is not honored, this points to an inefficiency to be sorted out and a process improvement potential to be exploited.

Therefore, it’s safe to say that the primary goal of a Kanban system is to restrict the accumulation of excess inventory. The purpose of the Kanban team is to eliminate this excess inventory at any point in production. That will lead to better allocation of available resources (human, tools, financial) to increase business throughput and profitability, and to remove wastes, bottlenecks in the processes.

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Welcome To The Kanban Framework

Hi! My name is Yeliz.

First of all, thank you very much for getting your copy of The Kanban Framework. I love that you are taking the time to read it.

I want to briefly share with you the backstory of why we wanted to write this book for you and how you can get the best use out of it.

Within the context of our Kanban training and Kanban certification programs, we did thorough research in the Kanban education space.

The conclusion was: We failed to find one single reliable study book, we could sincerely recommend to our students!

We surveyed and talked to our successful students who have successfully passed their Kanban certification exams, and we found out a remarkable and yet indisputable piece of information.

Almost none of the Kanban books in the market did help them learn Kanban and make a smooth beginning to deploy and profit with the Kanban Framework. They did end up with literally zero return on investment. Both for their professional objectives as individuals and the financial goals of their organizations.

A significant number of Kanban books in the marketplace claim that they cover all details of the Kanban process. However, what they are not telling is that: They don’t have a logical, to-the- point, and digestible structure, and time-tested and proven contents.

So these books were unable to help our students comprehend and most importantly love Kanban!

In summary, to remove this significant impediment in the Kanban learning space, we took the liability to write for you The Kanban Framework and brought it to your service!

We are absolutely confident that The Kanban Framework will make you proficient in the Kanban process and its practical use in your career and businesses

So you will have an unprecedented opportunity to love Kanban and keep on taking the tangible benefits of being a Kanban professional who knows how Kanban should work.

Take some coffee to enjoy and some paper to take your notes, and spend some quiet time to read The Kanban Framework!

Afterward, you will have a great understanding of the Kanban domain and be prepared to pass your Kanban certification exams.

You will be ready to deliver great products and services to your clients and employers and to build your bright career and future!

It already seems to me that you’re a person who is keen on adding new skills to your toolbox. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be reading these sentences today.

I am delighted that you’re giving us your time and attention to learn Kanban. Let me assure you that we’ll never take this responsibility lightly. It’s our duty, obligation, and at the same time, our pleasure to accompany you on your journey to learn Kanban.

You can count on me whenever you may need any help. I will be always pleased to assist and serve you!

Thank you very much again for your trust in our services and engaging with The Kanban Framework today!

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International Scrum Institute™ is an independent institute. We help organizations and professionals get certified with worldwide renowned and valid Kanban and Scrum certification programs and prove their competence in the Kanban and Scrum domains. We empower professionals globally to build their careers, and organizations to create and sell their outstanding products and services that their clients will love.

Your renowned Kanban and Scrum certification programs have proven their worldwide recognition by being the choice of more than 628,700 Scrum professionals in 143 countries.

Before International Scrum Institute™ was established for you, there used to be pressing challenges for Kanban and Scrum professionals like yourself.

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International Scrum Institute™ aims to remove these barriers set in front of the Kanban and Scrum professionals in developed and emerging markets. We are here to save you from paying unreasonable fees for Kanban and Scrum classroom training, and Kanban and Scrum certification programs before you certify your knowhow in Kanban and Scrum.b

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