kanban
noun
PRODUCTIONuk/ˈkænbæn/us[CorU](alsokanban system)
asystemofcommunicationbetweenworkersduring amanufacturingprocess, in which theyorderthematerialsandpartsthey need usingcards. Cardsystemshave now beenreplacedbycomputersystems:
Kanban is aformofinventoryandproductioncontrolusingsimplemanualandclericalprocedures.
[C]
acardused in the kanbansystemon which theinformationabout thematerialsorpartsthat areneededis written