E-Kanban

An E-Kanban setup takes the paper card out of the replenishment loop, and that's usually where line stops start. Cards get torn, dropped in a bin, or stuck in a pocket for a shift, and nobody knows a part ran short until the station is empty. With digital signals, supervisors can see what's moving, what's been consumed, and what's still waiting to be refilled. Replenishment requests fire automatically, so buffer stock can come down and nobody has to retype card data into a…