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Kanban: An Inventory System that Pays

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Jun 27, 2025 /
Course Code: 0611-WEB25

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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

  • Be aware of the ins and outs of a Kanban system
  • Identify the symptoms of an inappropriate existing purchasing and inventory controls system
  • Understand the steps of deployment of a Kanban system
  • Decide what purchasing and inventory control system is more appropriate to your business context

Description
Are you disillusioned to regularly lack stock for the production? Are you obliged to put stress on your employees to compensate for low levels of inventory due to oversights and tired of having to justify to your customers the delivery delays? Then the Kanban system is for your company!

The Kanban-purchase system allows for obtaining and controlling of your inventories through automatically ordering products in real time.

Course Outline

  • Description of a Kanban system
  • The seven (7) most important advantages of the Kanban system
  • Steps to set up a Kanban system
  • Examples of deployment of Kanban-purchase systems
  • The conditions of success to deploy and limitations of a Kanban system
  • How to produce and revise the Kanban cards and manage Kanban system easily
  • Compatibility between the Kanban system and your other system applications

Who Should Attend
Those involved with purchasing management and inventory control including:
Industrial engineers • Purchasing managers • Production and plant managers • Person in charge of the purchases of supplies • Person in charge of the control of the inventory • Production supervisors • Team leaders

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time


Please note: You can check other time zones here.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees
OS: Windows 7, 8, 10 or newer

Browser:
IE 11 or later, Edge 12 or later, Firefox 27 or later, Chrome 30 or later

Macintosh based attendees
OS: Mac OS X with MacOS 10.7 or later

Browser:
Safari 7+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

iOS
OS: iOS 8 or newer

Android
OS: Android 4.0 or higher

Instructor

Yves Martin, MBA

Spécialiste en gestion des opérations et du « LEAN Manufacturing », monsieur Martin soutient les entreprises dans l'amélioration de leur productivité et de leur compétitivité.

En 2001, il fonde la firme Expert-conseil PME. Depuis, il a servi 81 entreprises et a réalisé plus de 150 mandats. Monsieur Martin fut accrédité comme chargé de projet dans le cadre de la Mesure d'Appui à la Productivité (MAP) du MDEIE en 2008. De plus, monsieur Martin a développé des outils informatiques spécialisés (amélioration continue, Kanban et 5S) vous permettant d’atteindre rapidement et à moindres coûts vos objectifs d'affaires.

Yves Martin est diplômé en 1983 en génie de l'École Polytechnique de Montréal et obtient un MBA de l'Université McGill en 1993. Avant d'être consultant, monsieur Martin a été tour à tour responsable de qualité, directeur de production et du personnel, et directeur d'usine.




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Fee & Credits

$75 + taxes

  • 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • 1 Continuing Professional Development Hours (PDHs/CPDs)
  • ECAA Annual Professional Development Points
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