Abstract: | The materialsâ weight in the production cost, as compared to the salaries, increased in the last years from 2:1 to 3:1. As a consequence, the production control focuses on a more economical management of this element, all the more so as it carries along restrictions and disturbances external to the manufacturing. Kanban is a method applied to the materials transfer, among various working positions, in JIT system. It provides (ensures) the order control of the performed activities and stocks. Within the framework of this article one will try a presentation (description) of this method, of its performance, of the advantages and of the limits of this method. |