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Kanban Systems Overview Video

By Ron Pereira Updated on May 2nd, 2023

Here is a free overview video introducing our Kanban course.

And here’s a summary document of this video in PDF format that can be downloaded and printed.

Visit gembaacademy.com to learn more about our available courses and access the video on Kanban.


  1. Rob

    March 5, 2012 - 2:58 pm
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    This is a great overview of kanban. I recall the six rules that were hammered into me:

    1. no withdrawal of parts without a kanban

    2. the subsequent process withdraws only what is needed

    3. don’t send defects to the subsequent process

    4. to ensure minimum inventory the preceding process should produce only the exact quantity of parts withdrawn by the subsequent process

    5. smooth production

    6. fine tune production using kanban

    You can see how well your kanban process is working simply be looking at it. For example, if there are lots of unfulfilled kanban signals (or indeed the opposite) there’s a problem which needs to be solved. The most common problem I’ve come across is the assumption that you can install a kanban system then assume that you can just leave it alone. Of course, it’s not. Also remember to install metrics, for example, due date compliance along with unfulfilled or filled kanbans.

  2. Syed

    March 6, 2012 - 9:52 am
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    Nice video. We tried to implement a Kanban system but struggled since our demand fluctuates too much. We are working to smooth it before trying again.

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