Key concepts
Kan-ban
Kanban = Pull + Limits
Done
Work-in-progess (WIP) limit
Queue limit
Reduce multitasking
Avoid premature work
Maximise throughput
Little's Law:
Total Cycle Time = Number of Things in Progress / Average Completion Rate
Cadence
"Rythm of the work"
Flow
Origins
Future planning by measuring
Measuring lead time & cycle time
Cycle time
Lead time
Continous improvement
Conclusion
Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Production Systems
Helps identifying bottlenecks visually
Lean methodology: eliminate waste by keeping value
Measurement rather than planning
Continous improvement: slack & swarm
Book summary
The author & the book
Pros:
- Written by the father of the methodology
- Only ~250 pages
- Good takeaways at end of each chapter
Cons:
- Introducing Kanban
- Benefits of Kanban
- Implementation of Kanban
- Making improvements
Kanban: Successful Evolutionary
Change for Your Technology Business
David J. Anderson