Production Scheduling with the Sequencer
The Lean KanbanBOX Feature That Keeps Production Flowing
The Sequencer is a Lean Manufacturing tool designed to schedule the optimal sequence of operations across production machines. It is one of KanbanBOX’s advanced features for efficient, real-time production planning.
With the Sequencer, you can:
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Distribute workloads efficiently across available resources and schedule production at finite capacity
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Plan the daily production flow to ensure the right quantities are produced in the right order
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Simplify the complex daily task of scheduling, typically handled by the production manager or team lead
The Sequencer: Plan, Distribute, Organize
Regulate
Do you manage unstable production caused by process variability or inconsistent resource availability? The Sequencer gives you the tools you need to maintain flow and balance.
Distribute
Is your team leader struggling to see the full picture? With the Sequencer, you can clearly distribute workloads across machines and gain full visibility into production status.
Organize
Unsure which materials to prioritize? The Sequencer automatically suggests the correct production order. And if needed, you can manually adjust the sequence with a single click.
A Practical Support for the Work Plan
Starting from the planner’s proposed schedule, the Sequencer helps define the best operation sequence for each machine, creating well-organized programs and communicating work plans, and any updates, clearly to the shop floor.
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Assign kanban cards to specific production resources
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Optimize the work sequence for each machine or station
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Provide operators with a dedicated interface to view assigned tasks
It’s a practical tool that improves real-time scheduling directly on the line, making your production more efficient and less prone to interruption.
The KanbanBOX Sequencer Board
The Sequencer interface in KanbanBOX is:
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Simple and intuitive: move cards easily between resource sequences with just one click
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Easily configurable: use drag-and-drop to arrange your schedule directly
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Accessible from any device: whether it’s a tablet, smartphone, or PC, you can access the board via web browser or the KanbanBOX app
How the Sequencer works
At the organizational level, the Sequencer allows you to build a list of production tasks quickly and effectively by:
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Defining the resources involved (e.g., machines linked to kanban cards)
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Grouping resources into departments (e.g., turning or milling stations)
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Assigning default resources to each kanban relationship
Watch the Sequencer in Action
Thanks to the KanbanBOX Sequencer, it’s easy to optimize production planning in a simple and intuitive way. Watch the demo video and see how easy it is to use the Sequencer in real-world conditions.
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Case studies
Robopac | Packaging machines
With KanbanBOX, Robopac achieved a more integrated, responsive, and digitalized supply chain thanks to the integration with both external suppliers and SAP
BCS | Agricultural Mechanization
BCS moved from push to pull through E-kanban for suppliers, production, and internal flows. They now manage 6000 kanban loops across 3 plants and integrated KanbanBOX with SAP
El.Co. | Industrial Electrical Automation
El.Co. has simplified the maintenance of kanbans with e-kanban, which was previously so onerous that the number of parts managed by kanban had to be limited
Orotig | Welding Industry
Orotig has implemented sequential pull in the company, optimizing multi-process production scheduling and supplier integration with KanbanBOX
Rossi SpA | Gearmotors and Electric Motors
Rossi Spa has digitalized the existing production and move kanban, and then integrated it with its own ERP, with the Oracle Sequencer and with the suppliers
Aptiv | High-tech automotive systems
From the introduction of kanban to the transition to e-kanban. The Lean Improvement journey of the largest manufacturer of electronic interconnection systems for the automotive sector