Question: Calculation of Kanban Cards
Discussion Question:
The chapter notesthat kanban is not a planning tool but a control mechanism.
What does this mean? How does the Marsica MRP-kanban example in the textbook illustrate the point?
REFERENCE
Bozarth, C.C. and Handfield, R.B. (2012). Introduction to operations and supply chain management (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Chapter 12S: Supply chain information systems
Chapter 13: JIT/Lean production