Single transfer activity replenishment scenario A typical problem solved with kanban is the replenishment of supermarkets at the production lines or work cells. This is typically applied for all types of material that is required at many work cells and replenished out of a warehouse. The warehouse itself can be replenished by purchase or its own production, by production orders, or again through kanban. When modeling the transfer activity for the production flow, it is important to define the warehouse and WMS-Location breakdown and to consider the default order settings as well as item coverage settings to support scheduling. Once the transfer activities have been modeled, you can create kanban rules that reference a transfer activity. The relation of kanban rules and activities ensures that the transfer jobs will be created and posted according the configuration of the production flow. Withdrawal kanbans always relate to a single activity.
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Figure 43: Fixed quantity withdrawal kanban, 5 kanbans with product quantity of 10 Withdrawal kanbans can be of one of the replenishment strategies: fixed quantity, scheduled or event. The described scenario is usually implemented through fixed quantity kanbans. The same transfer activity can be used for multiple kanban rules, covering different items and situations. The replenishment of withdrawal kanbans can be done through the kanban board for transfer jobs or— if replenishing a lean work cell—through the kanban board for process jobs. The only parameters that are not available for withdrawal kanbans in the kanban rules are the parameters related to automatic planning. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 does not model capacity for transport resources. Accordingly, kanban transfer jobs cannot be scheduled or planned. Depending on the definition of the items and the configuration of the Warehouse to pick from, a transfer job can create output orders. Output orders can be used to pick from inventory and to create shipments and print Bill of Ladings for the shipments. This assumes that the transport from the warehouse to the supermarket requires a carrier.
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