Question

What do you understand by the term of Kannan practices? State and explain in detailed the various practices of Kannan.

Answer 1

Kanban practices is a methodology to have evolutionary and incremental improvement in the operational process. It refers to continuous improvement in all the practices undertaken. The major principles of Kanban are as :

• Start with what you have to do now.
• Have evolutionary and incremental improvement
• Respect the current role, practices and titles.

The major practices of Kanban are as :

• The work, workflow and risks related to business should be visualized
• Work in progress inventory should be limited.
• Flow should be managed
• Process should be made explicit
• Feedback loops should be implemented
• Collaborative improvement should be there
• Should evolve experimentally using scientific methodology