Benefits You’ll Gain by Adopting KanbanBOX
To Optimize Production and Your Supply Chain
When discussing the benefits of adopting an electronic kanban software like KanbanBOX, it is easy to mistakenly assume they are limited to the digitalization of information shown on kanban cards. In reality, the benefits for the company, and for those managing the kanban system, are far broader.
Adopting KanbanBOX means optimizing every stage of the supply chain, from supplier management to production, from material handling to distribution, with real-time process synchronization that ensures efficiency and visibility across the entire value chain.
On this page, we outline the main benefits that Production, Logistics, Purchasing, Operations, and Lean Managers can achieve by adopting KanbanBOX.
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Maximum Integration with Your Supply Chain
Gain full control of your supply chain: with KanbanBOX, you increase collaboration and transparency, improve communication among all involved parties, optimize flows, and make your supply chain more responsive and efficient.
- Real-time visibility between customers and suppliers, including subcontractors, into inventory levels and material processing status (order transmitted, in progress, shipped, available)
- Automatic transmission of recurring orders, triggered when predefined stock levels are reached
- Standardized order management activities, centralized in a single platform for both kanban and closed orders
- Simplified sharing of consumption forecast data, allowing suppliers to confirm, or not, their production capacity
- Centralized and traceable communications, including negotiation proposals and notes linked to individual kanban cards
- Creation and receipt of transport documents in just a few clicks by scanning materials ready for shipment
Optimal Management of Production and Logistics Processes
With KanbanBOX, you have all the tools needed to tackle daily operational challenges: from production scheduling to process synchronization, from order transmission and updates to the optimization of picking activities, everything is integrated to maximize efficiency and reduce management time.
- Lead time reduction thanks to real-time digital transmission of production, purchasing, handling, and sales orders
- Standardization of operational processes, reducing errors, oversights, and improvised solutions
- Optimal synchronization between processes, even in the case of synchronized work cells, multi-stage, or multi-plant operations through the Multiprocess feature
- Easier coordination of people and departments, including external parties (e.g. subcontractors), each with a specific access or editing level, keeping in mind that you can add unlimited users at no additional cost
- Optimal production planning and priority verification, with better workload distribution and improved resource utilization thanks to the Sequencer
- Reduction of peaks, line stoppages, and overproduction through demand leveling with Heijunka
- Faster picking and material handling activities using optimized pick lists based on Milk-Run logic
Real-time Visibility and Control
With KanbanBOX, all system data and information are tracked in real time, essential not only for full visibility and control of the current situation, but also for generating historical statistics and insights.
- Real-time visibility and updates on processes, inventory, and lead time across the entire supply chain, including subcontractors
- Reliable data aligned with actual operations, essential for planning, procurement, and operational decision-making
- Data collection and data analysis with clear charts and indicators to support faster, more informed decisions
- Monitoring of operational KPIs to improve performance and reduce waste
- Automatic alerts for critical issues, delays, and bottlenecks, enabling timely intervention and preventing operational disruptions
Inventory Aligned with Real Demand
Inventory management is a complex task: on one hand, there is the risk of stockouts due to missing parts; on the other, the inevitable excess of safety stock. With KanbanBOX, you achieve optimal inventory sizing, finding the right balance without compromising operational efficiency.
- Reduced safety stock thanks to shorter lead times enabled by real-time order transmission
- Lower risk of stockouts through dynamic sizing of kanban loops
- Automatic calculation of optimal kanban sizing (kanban maintenance) based on actual consumption data tracked by the software
- Sizing recommendations to handle seasonal peaks or periodic fluctuations, based on forecast consumption data imported into the platform
Automation and Flexibility
Thanks to KanbanBOX’s flexibility, along with its ease of adoption and integration with existing technologies, you can improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and scale the system according to your business needs.
- Reduction of manual activities through automation of information flows and workflows, resulting in fewer errors and faster processing times
- Fast, stress-free implementation guided by our experts, with no need for complex or costly interventions
- Simple and quick adoption for you and your colleagues, even for non-technical operators
- Peace of mind knowing you can grow without obstacles, with a scalable system that evolves at the pace of your local and global needs
- No risk of falling behind technologically, thanks to integration with current and future technologies such as RFID, WMS, automated warehouses, and Industry 4.0 innovations
- Freedom of choice, with the ability to change ERP or other integrated systems in the future without technological lock-in or having to start from scratch
- Confidence in relying on an in-house team of Lean and technical experts to address continuously evolving operational needs
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