An E-Kanban System for Fork Truck Assembly Lines

Abstract:

Because there are many in-process material stocks in current fork truck plants, kanban theory was employed to solve the problem. First, a business logic of the e-kanban system, which consists of ERP system, production plan configure system, e-kanban config & auto-collect system, routers, delivery points, LED control card and e-kanban screen, was described. Second, a control logic model of the e-kanban system was investigated. Third, arithmetic of data collection was presented. Finally, the e-kanban system is put in practice in a fork struck plant.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 220-223)
• Pages: 259-262
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.220-223.259
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Rong Hu, Fei Gao, Cheng Gong
• Keywords: Data Collection, E-Kanban, Fork Truck

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